Leo and Lorrie Palitti’s

Black Bear and Bayou Railroad HO & HOn3

Leo and Lorrie Palitti’s Black Bear and Bayou Railroad HO & HOn3

The Black Bear and Bayou Railroad (BB&BR) is a freelance railroad by husband & wife team, Leo & Lorrie Palitti. This unique mushroom-designed layout is housed in a detached building in the Palitti backyard (with central heat and AC). The layout is set in the 1940s & 1950s transition era of Steam to Diesel. The trains run from Southern Colorado to the bayous of East Texas and Southwest Louisiana. This HO/HOn3 layout is designed for point-to-point operations using DCC. The scenery features towering mountains, beautifully painted backdrops, multiple ocean scenes, four turntables, and a sound-enhanced thunderstorm along with many structures (lots of craftsman kits and scratch-built). The six-track staging yard features a homemade remote switch panel. The layout features a dual gauge yard, switchbacks, an 80" double track helix, two reversing loops, and various levels. The LED lighting is set up for both day and night time viewing.