North Pole, Tinseltown South, and Bigville (NTS&B)

Rick Bigliardi

Tour Schedule

Saturday October 20, 2012 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Directions

See It On The Map

From I-75 exit 269 (Ernest Barrett Pkwy) go west to Route 41 (Cobb Pkwy NW). Turn North (right) on Rt 41. Go 3.6 Miles and turn left onto Mack Dobbs Road. Turn left into Summerbrooke Subdivision (Second subdivision on the left). Stay on Summerbrooke drive until after it takes a sharp right. Turn left on Butler Bridge Way, then take next left on Brookview Lane. At the top of the hill, the road takes a sharp left. The house will then be forth house on right after the turn. The house number is on the mailbox post.

Layout at a Glance

Scale

0-Gauge, 3 rail

Size

12’ x 17’ x 4 Layers

Prototype

Free Lance

Locale

North Pole and Points South

Era

1950’s to present

Style

Folded Dog Bone

Len. of Mainline

95’ (about 60% complete). Longest loop 202’.

Layout Height

34” to 82”

Benchwork

Modules

Roadbed

1/2 “ Plywood

Trackwork

Lionel 0-27 profile 3 rail, Gargraves mainline

Turnouts

Ross Switches, Gargraves

Min. Radius

0-27 to 0-72, depending on loop, with most 0-34 and 0-42 and 1 0-72 mainline.

Maximum Grade

Most loops flat, Helix 3.5% up, and 4.5% down

Scenery

What’s that? Traditional Toy Train with accessories and ceramic buildings 5% done

Backdrop

None

Controls

Local Transforms with conventional control, some TMCC

Wheelchair Accessible

No

My wife has been the main influence on the design (and boy is she sorry). It features a 6’ diameter 2 track Helix (her requirement), 2 12’ track suspension bridges and a 4’ arch bridge,. The helix was built in 2005. The first module of the actual layout was built in Sep 2007, with a lot of alternate track plans designed in between. The layout contains about 650’ of track. It will eventually be 12’ x 31.5’ when complete with about 950’ of 3 rail track, and 50’ of GScale track. 8 trains and a trolley can be continuously run.


Updated: Sat Mar 30 07:02:05 2013

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