Welcome aboard the Gulf Mobile and Ohio's Eastern Division. Modeled in HO scale, the railroad represents the GM&O along with New York Central between East St. Louis and Pontiac, Illinois. The track plan and track arrangements are based upon actual GM&O condensed track profiles generously provided by my good friend and fellow GM&O afficiando, Robert Schramm (Bob, to some!).
Towns modeled (north to south) are:
Pontiac (IC & Wabash crossing here)
Chenoa (TP&W)
Lexington/Ballard (a composite of the town of Lexington and the controlled siding at Ballard)
Normal (IC crossing)
Bloomington (yard and P&E/NKP crossings)
Shirley
Atlanta (PRR crossing)
Athol (IC & IT)
Lincoln (IC)
Ridgely (yard and C&IM crossing)
Springfield/Iles (B&O & Wabash)
Girard (CB&Q)
Godfrey (GM&O Roodhouse/KC line junction)
College Ave. Alton station
Wann (begin NYC/GM&O joint double track)
Wood River (yard and IT crossing)
Roxana (oil refineries)
Lenox (C&EI yard, Wabash, A&S)
Granite City (junction with TRRA Merchants Terminal line)
Venice (GM&O yard)
The railroad also feature a short Illinois Central branch line which is a composite of two IC secondary lines in Illinois. This segment runs between Normal and Pontiac on my railroad. Watch for photos of the railroad in the near future! We are currently working on installing rudimentary signalling with full-blown CTC and interlockings in place by the fall using Jim and Mike Moir's ProTrak and Grapevine system.
JBD
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