Reefer Operations At The Highland Park Society Of Railroad Engineers
This HO scale club in San Gabriel operates the Highland Pacific Railroad.
They constructed a railroad empire with 3,500 feet of track in a 40 foot x 42 foot area created with a former single family residence.
The mainline is 1,200 feet long with additional trackage for industrial spurs, yards, etc.? Loosely based on the Western Pacific, the railroad travels through view breaks from a waist high seaport to six foot high majestic western mountain range.
Trains are operated in prototype fashion from a Centralized Traffic Control Center with five road cabs and ten yard panels.? Ninety percent of scenery is complete along with 100 percent of the track.? Branch lines in progress include a lumber railroad, a narrow gauge ore hauler and future interurban line. Special effect lighting insures realism by adding daylight, dusk, nighttime and dawn cycles.
I took these photos at the Society's open house yesterday.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
Bob Chaparro