RImodeler79 - Invidious

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Rock Island Lines Mid-Continent Route from St. Paul (Inver Grove Yard) to Kansas City (Armourdale Yard) in HO scale. The layout includes trains of other midwestern railroads such as the Burlington Route, Chicago Great Western, Minneapolis & St. Louis, Chicago & Northwestern, Milwaukee Road and Illinois Central.

Details of the Layout:

Size: 30' X 40'
Locale: Midwest, St. Paul to Kansas City
Era: 1964 - 1974
Style: Around the walls, walk-in
Mainline run: 777 feet
Minimum radius: 30" on main line
Maximum grade: 1.96%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: Lower level = 40", Upper level = 60"
Roadbed: cork on 3/4" plywood
Track: Micro-Engineering code 83 on main line and code 70 for yard, siding and industry tracks; Walthers and Micro-Engineering turnouts
Scenery: card board strips with plaster cloth and joint compound
Backdrop: commercial backdrops and hand painted
Control: Digitrax DCC

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9:34

Railfanning in the Midwest in HO Scale, Late 1960's

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9:19

Burlington Northern and Milwaukee Road Trains Operating on the Rock Island Lines

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3:34

Iowa Scaled Engineering Flange Squealers on My Model Railroad

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14:24

Operating Four Passenger Trains, January 6, 2025

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17:20

Operating Trains Just for Fun, December 31, 2024

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Signal Number Plates Added to Wayside ABS Signals on My Layout

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9:23

Operating Session, December 21, 2024, on the Rock Island Lines

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7:49

Railfanning the Spine Line - C&NW and Rock Island Action

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10:46

Oregon Joint Line, End of an Era .... Final Operating Session

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9:06

Kansas Pacific and the Chinook Lines visit the Rock Island Lines in HO Scale

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8:22

Chicago & North Western Railway SD45 Locomotives and Freight Train

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9:39

Model Railroad Operating Session, October 5, 2024

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5:49

Extra 4793 South

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12:13

Model Railroad Operations & Dispatching on the Rock Island Lines

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10:59

Operating Session May 18, 2024, Rock Island Lines

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6:13

ScaleTrains SD40-2 Locomotives Power Rock Island Train #81

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Rock Island Train #65

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Operating Session - February 2024

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79 Car Fallen Flag Freight Train

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20:28

Operating Session, Rock Island Lines, December 2023

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7:01

Remembering the Rock Island in HO Scale

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11:02

Cab Units Meet Hood Units (F's Meet Geeps) on the Rock Island Lines

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20:32

Operating Session - January 2023

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17:22

Operating trains while observing speed restrictions

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17:06

Operating Session - December 2022

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4:44

Railfanning ....... Chasing Rock Island U30C Locomotives

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8:55

Flat Car and Gondola Car Loads

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4:15

Signal Aspect Changes

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5:23

Rock Island GP40 Locomotives Lead 40' Box Cars

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5:03

Rock Island GP40 Locomotives Power a Block of PFE Refrigerator Cars

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8:57

Train Watching at Stations on the Rock Island Lines in HO Scale

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9:04

Action on Rock Island's Mid-Continent Route in HO Scale

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5:39

Rock Island GP35 Locomotives Handle a Freight Train

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8:21

Rock Island U25B Locomotives Handle a Northbound Freight Train

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9:56

U30C Locomotives Handling Tonnage on the Rock Island Lines in HO Scale

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8:35

SOO Line Freight Train in HO Scale

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13:31

Milwaukee Road Local Freight Meets Detouring Morning Hiawatha

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Rock Island Freight Train #81 in 1974

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10:22

Rock Island Passenger Trains Meet at Nevada, Iowa

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6:03

Motive Power on the Move on my Rock Island-based Layout

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7:29

Rock Island Lines - Fantasy Operation of Alco C430 Locomotives

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9:11

Milwaukee Road Freight Train Detours over the Rock Island Lines

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3:13

Welcome to my Rock Island-based model railroad

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Southbound Rock Island Freight Train in 1974

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8:03

Railfanning on the Rock Island in HO Scale

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21:06

Layout Overview and Update, Rock Island Lines in HO Scale, December 2020

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Shared 4 years ago

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9:58

M&StL Freight Train Operates from Peoria, Illinois to Minneapolis, Minnesota in HO Scale

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10:26

Chicago Great Western Railway in HO Scale

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8:26

Short Video Clips of Action on my Model Railroad

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9:07

C&NW Freight Train in the Late 1960s

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Unique Power Lash-Up on the Rock Island Lines in HO Scale

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C&NW SD45 #943 Handling a Local Freight in HO Scale

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Head-end Shots on the Rock Island Lines Mid-Continent Route in HO Scale

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8:00

Union Pacific Freight Train in HO Scale ...... 1960s Era

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19:52

Rock Island Piggyback Train in HO Scale

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8:23

Illinois Central and Burlington Route Freight Trains Detour over the Rock Island Lines in HO Scale

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33:43

Rock Island Local Extra 1277 North Handles Switching Duties

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11:19

Four Midwestern Passenger Trains in HO Scale

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12:29

Rock Island Local Extra 1207 South in HO Scale

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A Tribute to the Rock Island Lines ...... 40 Years after Shut-Down

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