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Grand Western Mining Company

James & Sally Bando

Tour Schedule

Saturday November 21, 2009 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Directions

See It On The Map

From I-575, exit at the Town Lake Parkway. Go east (into downtown Woodstock). Before downtown, there is a "Y"; stay to your left and go straight through downtown Woodstock. You are now on Arnold Mill Road. Be sure to obey the speed limits as they are very strict (2 miles per hour over the limit gets you a ticket). Stay on Arnold mill road about four miles (you will pass a Mobil gas station) until you get to a traffic light (there is a Luthern Church on the corner).  Make a left onto North Arnold Mill Road. Follow this curvy road about 1.26 miles to Hendon Road (there will be a magnificent horse farm with white vinyl fencing and a pink house at the corner). Turn left (north). We are the first house on the right, a single story red brick house with four white pillars set back 3oo feet from the road.

 

The layout is in the basement, but we do have external access that does not require anyone to use stairs, if necessary. Anyone accessing the basement through the outside door would have to traverse our lawn for a few feet. I don't see any reason why any handicapped would have a problem unless it is raining.

Layout at a Glance

Scale HO
Size 4' X 7'
Prototype None
Locale Western USA mountains
Era 1900
Layout Style Old Western town with mine
Len. Mainline 15'
Layout Height 40"
Benchwork "L" Girder
Roadbed Vinyl roadbed on plywood sub roadbed
Trackwork Code 83 Flextrack
Turnout Min #4 Mainline
Min Radius 18" Mainline
Maximum Grade Steep
Scenery Mountainous, 100% complete
Backdrop None
Controls Two control cab-control

The main focus is a small western town circa 1900 with a mine and a small yard and engine house. The track arrangement is plan #22 from "101 Track Plans for Model Railroaders." There is also a small sawmill and logging area with one foot of HOn3 track.


Updated: Sun Dec 6 11:13:33 2009

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