NPSF

It's 2020, and the NPSF has purchased a secondary line in New Mexico from the BNSF. The NPSF has a substantial subset of all modern railroad traffic running across its well maintained route through the desert, and the city of Albuquerque. Passenger trains from Amtrak and RailRunner compete for track space with unit trains, mixed manifests, coal drags, ethanol trains, and local switch runs. The NPSF is proto-freelanced, based on the practices of BNSF. The layout is double decked, and the desert scenery is 98% complete. The railroad uses NCE DCC with radio. Trains are dispatched via verbal train orders, and local freights use switchlists to direct car movements.
Featured in the March 2014 issue of RMC

Layout Owner

Nicolo Platas

Location

New Hyde Park, NY

Scale

HO

Layout Size

25 ft x 36 ft

Mainline Size

150 ft

Era

2020

Crew Complement

8 - 12

Completion

Track: 100%
Scenery: 98%
Electrical: 100%

Control System

NCE

Wi-Fi Throttles

Yes

Communications System

Family radio system

Dispatching Method

Verbal/Mother-May-I

Car Forwarding

Switch Lists

Pets

None