Here we'll show the design and plans as they progress, including a list
of the major buildings, bridges to be constructed from scratch or from kits and
the planned control systems. 
10/24/99
In Progress Design, Version 14
CADRail 7.02 is being used as the design
tool for the Stone Basin & Mountain Top
Junction Railroad. An Annotated Design layout
with "hotspots" is also viewable. 10/24/99
Design Stats:
|
Area |
Length | Width |
|
9.9 scale acres |
1320 scale feet | 480 scale feet |
| 8 feet 3 inches | 3 feet | |
| Trackage Planned | Inches of Track in Plan | Scale Feet |
| Mainline + Industrial Yard & Sidings | 796 | 10613 |
| Stone basin's High Line Loop | 128 | 1707 |
| Mountain Top Junction's Loop | 121 | 1613 |
| Other Layout Elements | Count | |
| Turnouts | 21 | |
| Tunnels | 5 | |
| Bridges/Trestles | 10 |
Structure list and Status:
| Mfgr's. Kit Name | Mfgr | Used in Layout as: | Placement | Status |
| Interstate Fuel & Oil | Walthers | Stone Basin Fuel Distr. | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Bought |
| Interstate Freight Terminal | Model Power | Stone Basin Small Freight | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Built |
| Shady Junction Structures | Walthers | Water Tower | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Bought |
| Water Crane | Bought | |||
| Interlocking Tower | Bought | |||
| Crossing Shanty | Main line Steam Siding | Bought | ||
| Loco Shed, 2 stalls | Pola | Stone Basin Yard Loco Service | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Bought |
| Container Transfer | Heljan | Over-track Crane | Mtn. Top Junction-Saw Mill Siding | Bought |
| Freight House | Gloor-Craft Models | Saw Mill Lumber loading | Mtn. Top Junction Area, siding saw mill | Planned |
| Factory | Bachmann | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Built | |
| Old Timer Loco Shed, 1 stall | Pola | Mtn Top Junction Loco Storage | Mtn. Top Junction Area | Built |
| O.L.King Coal yard | Walthers | Stone Basin Coal | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Built |
| Boiler House | Pola | Coal-fired Steam Electrical Power House | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Built |
| Gas Station | Micro Engineering | Stone Basin Service | Stone Basin Downtown Area | Built |
| Freight Depot w/Crane | Pola | Freight Depot w/Crane | Stone Basin Industrial Switching Yard | Built |
| Wayside Station | Model power | Mtn. Top Junction Passenger Station | Mtn. Top Junction Area | Built |
| Passenger Station | Bachmann Plus | Main Stone Basin Passenger Station | Stone Basin Downtown Area | Bought |
| Coaling Station | Bachmann | Coaling Station | Main line Steam Siding | Built |
| Saw Mill | Model power | Saw Mill | Mtn. Top Junction Area | Built |
| Dill's Market | Laserkit | Local market | Mtn. Top Junction Township | Bought |
| Poor Boy Mine | Micro Engineering | Stone Mtn. Mine | Hills above Stone basin | Bought |
| Railroad Hotel Building Pix | Model power | Stone Basin Hotel | Stone basin Downtown Area | Bought |
| Water Tower | Model power | Water Tower | Main line Steam Siding | Bought |
| Sand Depot | Pola | Sanding Depot | Main line Steam Siding | Planned |
| William's Country Store | Life-Like Trains | General Store | Stone basin Downtown Area | Planned |
| McHugh's Hardware Store | Period Miniatures | Hardware and Small Equipment Dealer | Stone basin Downtown Area | Planned |
| Farmhouse Double Kit | Heljan | Saw Mill Worker's houses | Mtn. Top Junction Township | Planned |
| Sonny's Shack | LASERkit | Township buildings | Planned | |
| Watchman's Shanty | Gloor-Craft Models | Planned | ||
| Watson's Siding | JV Models | Planned |
Digital Command Control System:
Empire Builder, plus extras: 
1- DB150 Command Station/Booster With Intelligent AutoReverse
1- PS515 Power Supply by Digitrax
3- DT100IR Advanced LocoNet Throttle (Infra ready)
1- PM4 Digitrax Power Management System
1- BDL16 LocoNet Advanced Block Occupancy Detection
5- Digitrax Premium Decoders
5- LT1 LocoNet Cables
1- Decoder Test Kit
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x52"d.
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Last update:
06/18/09
