In 1999, another 150 sq. ft. area was added, providing space for another yard, businesses, mines, and another lumber mill. This addition was prompted by the acquisition of part of a friends' old layout. The addition was super detailed and was blended into the layout by going through a wall into another room, creating the separation needed to accommodate the addition of "Detown", named after Dave Dettman. It was easy to blend in the old donated layout section into the new layout, with hidden track. Detown also house the Dispatch panel. Although the layout was entirely DCC, there are still some areas that require permission to proceed. Detown was the east end of the layout and one end of the hidden track that is under the layout from Detown to Williamsburg which were dedicated to the towns of Callie, Sadie, John Mear’s London-Mear’s. Originally designed as staging yards, they are now mostly used as a by-pass between Bradley yard and Detown, and for continual open house running.
Detown is a combination of several industries, that are spread throughout the Detown area. Ferguson Falls is the upper level of Detown, which includes the lumber mill and pond, and Felton's Warehouse. In order to enter the Detown Yard, trains travel through Chloe's Glen which houses Gogolewski Mine, an ore mine, and horse ranch. Detown itself, has a combination of warehouses, a Heating & Cooling industry, a glass works, coal mine, a health food company, oil distribution facility, and a wharf.
Larry Enlow on the throttle, hiding Tom Eckstein sitting, while the late Harold Krietz waits for yard switching to be completed. The late Bob Felten looks like he's catching up on some reading.
We're always wondering if Tom's is remembering his days working on the railroad, as he oversees yard movement. Tom worked on the railroad in Madison, WI long before he became a principal in the Madison School system.
This was the main dispatching panel for the layout. Track indicator lights indicated where trains were located, with few main switching to be done on the panel. Almost all of the layout switches were auto or hand thrown switches handled by the engineer's or DCC throttles.
Don Mayo relaxing (?) at the dispatch panel.
The acquisition of "Ferguson Falls" prompted the creation of Detown. The backgrounds of the CV&W RR were all done by Barb.
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