Layouts scheduled to operate for OS Omaha 2023

AT&SF Los Angeles Division - Olin Dirks
Located where the line from the Bay Area joins Santa Fe's double track mainline, Barstow Yard is the center of the action on the LA Division. The lineup features LA&SL trains as well as the Chiefs and Hot Shots.

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CB&Q Grenville Subdivision - Don Zinnecker
The Grenville Subdivision represents a proto-freelanced version of the Burlington Railroad (CB&Q) in Eastern Nebraska in the 1960s. Rock Island and Union Pacific have trackage rights.

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Chicago Great Western, Crimea Division - Tim Coyle
New to OSOmaha in 2023. A freelanced model railroad based on the operations of the CGW in Iowa.

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D&RGW, Floresta Branch - Bill Grierson
A point to point recreation of the D&RGW's Narrow Gauge Floresta Branch with some modeler's license involved. Operations include Coal Trains, a Daily Mixed, Local Freight and Oil Trains and the occasional Stock Extra. Mainline running is slow through mountain scenery and there are various switching opportunities along the way.

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Denver & Phoenix RR (DPR) - Terry Rothe
The Denver & Phoenix is owned by the Rio Grande and Union Pacific railroads and runs through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

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Durango & Western - Carl Kempkes
Carl has recreated General Palmer's vision of a hard working narrow gauge railroad in the San Juan Range. The year is now 1942 and increased traffic demands supporting the war effort push the limits of the vintage C and K class locomotives moving freight and passenger traffic through the mountain grades and scenic passes. Operations include switching or mainline running.

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Erie Lackawanna Marion Division - Tim Bennett
Tim recently moved and has been busily erecting benchwork and preparing to start track laying in his new basement. Tim's layout will be open for layout tours only for OSOmaha in 2023.

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Garvin's Cheyenne and Chicago RR (GCCRR) - Ray Garvin
A fictional Midwest - based railroad spanning from Cheyenne to Chicago. Trackage runs from staging in Cheyenne for west coast freight to an upper deck Chicago yard and peddlers/industrial switching in between. Based on 90s modern traffic, there is a variety of thru freight motive power.

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Geneseo Railway - Bob Roegge
A fictional backwoods railway serving three small rural towns in 1927. Featuring light industrial equipment running on 18" narrow gauge track, this 1/24th scale railroad is as laid back as the backwoods location would suggest. Hand laid track, scratchbuilt equipment and structures, and outstanding scenery make this layout stand out.

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Iowa Interstate's 4th Subdivision - Joe Atkinson
Iowa Interstate's 4th Subdivision, a track-for-track recreation of the railroad from Atlantic to Adair, Iowa, providing a setting for realistic, yet relaxed operation that gives the two-man crew a taste of a day in the life of their prototype counterparts. Using actual IAIS track warrant forms and switch lists, you experience what it was like to work for a slow-paced regional railroad in May of 2005. Also includes Union Pacific detour trains.

IAIS's 4th Sub will be open for layout tours only for OSOmaha in 2023.

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L&S Railroad - Harvey Swanger
Modeled after the UP-CSX joint territory between Chicago and Woodland Jct, Harvey's railroad offers big time modern railroading in a small scale.

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Missouri Pacific Bagnell Branch - Charlie Duckworth
This beautifully sceniced and detailed layout features the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island in the Central Missouri Ozarks.

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Missouri Pacific, "The Fairfax & Leavenworth RR" - Ron Brozanic
New for OSOmaha 2019, this layout is based on the Missouri Pacific mainline between Kansas City and Leavenworth in 1957.

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Montana & Colorado Southern - Steve Rodie
This layout models a freelanced prototypical Northern Pacific subsidiary in Idaho and Montana in the fall of 1955.

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NYC / Erie Paired Track - Ralph Schiring
New for 2015. The New York Central and Erie Railroads in and around Marion, Ohio. Features crossings of the C&O and the Pennsy, as well as local work in Marion.

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NYC Hudson Division - Paul De Luca
The NYCRR as it appeared in the early 1950s from Harmon, NY to Hudson, NY. Two or four track mainline wih thirty plus trains running in each session. Extensive yard operations at multiple locations makes this an ideal layout whether you like switching or mainline running.

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Penn Central Connecticut Valley Divison - Bob Albano
Penn Central Connecticut Valley Divison (former NH lines) during 1968-78 with the merger of PRR and NYC in ‘68 and with the NH add in ‘69. Occasionally operating ‘76-‘78 with amalgamation of the bankrupt northeast railroads into Conrail.

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Santa Fe Surf Line - Steve Dolezal
The Santa Fe Surf Line during the Korean War. Streamliners, troop trains, and heavy freights all mix to keep operators on this layout busy. This new layout currently features operations in the San Diego metropolitan area.

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Virginian & Western RR - Gordon Todd
New to OSOmaha in 2023, the V&W is a fictional merger of the Virginian Railroad and the Norfolk & Western Railroad set in late 1950s (the time of actual merger). It features late steam and early diesels in both mountainous and industrial scenery.
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Wilmington & Northern Branch - Dave Husman
The W&N is set in the 1900-1905 era after it was acquired by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. The railroad features many scratchbuilt and kitbashed cars and period specific locomotives.

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