John Acheson’s Santa Fe, 1st and 2nd Districts
The Santa Fe 1st and 2nd Districts is in a 25' x 30' space. The layout is about 2/3 scenicked. Half of the layout is double-decked.
The Santa Fe, 1st and 2nd Districts layout was featured in the Jan-Feb 2016 issue of N Scale Railroading!
Layout Room Plan
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Layout Accessibility Information
Entrance to the layout is up three steps to the house front door, through the entryway hallway, then down a flight of steps to the basement crew lounge and train room.
The bathroom is located up steps on the main floor.
The bathroom is located up steps on the main floor.
Layout at a Glance
Layout at a glance
- N Scale
- Control System: Easy-DCC
- Operating Scheme: Verbal Track Warants with Radios (provided)
Jobs on the Layout
Jobs on the Layout
Dispatcher
Yard Master Argentine Yard
Yard Trim Job (works with yardmaster to work inbound and outbound trains)
Yard Classification Job (Classifies all trains in the yard)
Argentine Local Job (Local works Turner industrial park in yard limits)
West Bottoms local (Industrial switching job)
Lawrence Local (Works Lawrence, KS and 1st district industries)
Olathe Local
Transfer Job
Road Jobs
Yard Master Argentine Yard
Yard Trim Job (works with yardmaster to work inbound and outbound trains)
Yard Classification Job (Classifies all trains in the yard)
Argentine Local Job (Local works Turner industrial park in yard limits)
West Bottoms local (Industrial switching job)
Lawrence Local (Works Lawrence, KS and 1st district industries)
Olathe Local
Transfer Job
Road Jobs
About the Layout Owner
About the Layout Owner
John is a High School Math Teacher who has been in the hobby for over 40 years.
Photo Gallery
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Amtrak’s National Limited at Union Station with the ATSF/MKT transfer headed back to Argentine yard
Kansas City Union Station
Westbound peddler freight outside of Noria
The Lawrence Local works downtown switching the Journal World newspaper
The Argentine Local switches the industries at Turner industrial park
Argentine Yard TOFC
Lawrence local working at the Farmland anhydrous ammonia plant outside Lawrence
Eastbound TOFC heads toward Holiday, KS on the second district
Lawrence local works outside Desoto, KS
Birdseye view of Desoto, KS on the 1st district
Westbound grain extra 300 just east of Olathe, KS on the 2nd district
Track to Sunflower Ammunitions plant at Desoto, KS on the 1st district
Lawrence local works Noria, KS at Farmland Industries
Dispatcher's office
West Bottoms local working the Main Street
West Bottoms local
Looking west at the arrival departure tracks at Argentine yard
Topeka, Kansas staging on the 1st district