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CEO Rick & Midge
City, Country Cumming
State/Prov GA
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Name of Layout Richlawn Railroad

Richlawn RR is set in Louisville, KY during the 60's & 70's with the L&N. The layout features mountains, hills, a yard, a handbuilt trestle & several towns. I finished the basement train room myself in May 2008 and moved in the existing 4' x 9' oval section that I completed last year. Questions or comments: rickmidge@comcast.net
Background by Backdrop Warehouse with hand painted sky & airburshed clouds. The backdrop in the yard area is actually an "O" scale "blemish - 1st run" (great value!)that I used only the top half as the bottom half contains buildings that would be too big. For the other wall in the yard area I used "EZ Cuts". I used rubber cement to attach the backdrops directly to the walls and it worked great! Benchwork is flat top 1/2 plywood for the 13'x2.5' yard with open "L" girder for the balance. Track is Atlas code 83 on the mainline & 100 in the yard. It is on 5/8" plywood with cork and has a maximum of 2.5% grade. There will be three tunnels, 3 passing sidings & 5 industries

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Layout Size 13' x 22'
Feet of track 101  feet
Era & Place 1960 - 1979
Control type Digitrax DCC
Prototype Freeform with L&N
Mines, Oil Fields, Rail Yards owned 3
Buildings & Structures owned 15
Employees & Local figures 300
Trestles & Tunnels 4
Vehicles & Heavy Equipment owned 20
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Scenery is cardboard web hot glued with plaster cloth, hand carved rocks, ground foam, "puff ball" trees & handmade trees. Midge does the finishing touches on landscaping and is a valuable consultant!
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Latest progress: detailing of the Matthews Freight Yard including swamp, detailing of Hoovertown with the addition of permently attaching it to the layout. Stay tuned for more!
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