Art Cunningham's
Sierra Lines Railroad HO Scale
Art Cunningham’s Sierra Lines is an HO scale freelanced railroad, set on April 1, 1954, and depicts exactly the way it would have been in Sacramento and the Sierras given that the long awaited “big one” earthquake had occurred in 1948 and changed everything. The Sierra Lines is an amalgamation of the Southern Pacific, the Western Pacific, the Sierra Central, the Virginia and Truckee, and the Lodestone, Sierra, and Incline Village (LS&I) railroads, each with it’s own corporate culture.
The layout is single level around the wall with peninsulas in a 55 ½ by 23 foot room, located on the 2nd floor (no handicap access). It is designed for lots of switching by 8 operators and has mostly 40+ inch aisles. Almost ¾ of the layout is the city of Sacramento which has 6 separate switching districts plus a large yard. The towns of Auburn and Blackwater Junction also have lots of switching required each session. On the layout there are 108 businesses served by rail.
There are 6 visible and 3 hidden staging tracks. The yard has 9 tracks with capacity for 200 cars. Control is by DCC/Digitrax with radio throttles. Most engines are sound equipped. Car cards and waybills are used for movement. In a typical session, up to 26 trains will be dispatched, by wireless audio.
Hours open: 10:00 - 3:00 PM
Handicap accessible: No
Parking: Street
Entry: Front door. Ring the bell
