My new N Scale layout (DC) is built using standard Atlas Code 80. It measures 30" x 72" and built on a platform allowing it to swivel and store in a vertical position, a space-saving idea pulled from Model Railroad. The platform is on casters and is stored in the garage.
The layout concept is based on the New Orleans-Great Northern RR, a predecessor of the GM&O. THis railroad was built in the early 1900s to take advantage of the Southern Yellow Pine which was abundant in the South at that time. The company was headquartered in Bogalusa, La, where the primary industry was logging, lumber then paper in its later years.
History
The Bogalusa Southern Railroad Company was created on December 20, 1898 to serve the needs of the growing South. Although the original charter was written with a larger railroad in mind, the end result was a short line serving the newly-formed town of along the banks Bogalusa Bayous and Bayou Sale. The railroad is an interchange point between the St.Louis-San Francisco Ry. (Frisco) and the Gulf, and Ohio RR. (GM&O). The company has never owned any locomotives and is jointly served by the Frisco and GM&O. Both of these railroads do all of the switching for the local industries.
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