About the Tillamook and Astoria Railroad Company
Locale: Western Oregon with a mix of real towns and some little known (mythical) settings
Time Period: 1912
Scales: HO and HOn3
Layout Size: Approximately 12 feet by 25 feet – All track is Micro Engineering
Main Line HO: 188 feet
Standard Gauge Yards: 41 feet
Main Line HOn3: 136 feet
Narrow Gauge Yards: 23 feet
Dual Gauge Track: 11 feet
Notes: The railroad was recently expanded nearly doubling its size. The original section has most of its terrain while the addition is still open benchwork. The painted backdrops are complete. Both code 83 and code 70 rail is in use. There are forty four turnouts on the layout and these are Micro Engineering except for the dual gauge and curved turnouts which are Shinohara products. Point motors are a combination of SwitchMaster stall motors and Cobalt iP Digital machines. The control panels are a glass touch screen style that makes use of Berrett Hill’s Touch Toggles. There is one turntable.