Kansas City Southern
Iowa Eastern Divsion
Looking West
The KCS – IED is a proto-freelance railroad set from about 2000 to 2015. The railroad will depict two adjacent cities. The background will be buildings mostly with very little landscape as I have never done this type of modeling before.
I wanted to stray a bit away from the general and mostly modeled sweeping hills or mountains. It has a fair amount of switching that could keep at least 3 operators busy for a while.
I am running the Digitrax EVO system in 8 amp mode so that as time goes on and I add more sound to my locomotives the system can handle it. As far as signaling system, it will have one but a different style. The signals will tell the operators which direction a turnout is. I know this isn’t prototypical however I am trying to simulate the signals but make it easier for operators to know which direction the switch is.
Looking East
Currently, dispatching is a “mother may I” set up. I would like to get it to having an actual dispatcher, eventually, to be able to add another person to the mix.
Well, there you have it. A short explanation of the Kansas City Southern – Iowa Eastern Division. Please enjoy the sticker. If you would like to follow the progress, You can check out my Facebook page under the same name or though my podcast page as well of Model Railroad Talk.
Happy Modeling!
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