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Crescent Lines

 

 

 

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The Crescent Lines is a fictional railroad that connects the Crescent City (New Orleans) to Shreveport via the Alexandria Line and to Vicksburg via Natchez.

 

Currently, the layout is going through a major change to the mainline as well as the control and operation.  The following specs are the latest statues of the Crescent Lines as work continues to improve the Crescent Lines with more switching and interchange with other railroads.

 

 

 

THE LAYOUT AT A GLANCE

Name
Scale
Size
Mainline Length
Locale

 

Period

Layout Style
Control
Operation

Trains 

Crescent Lines
HO ( 1 / 87TH )
24 feet x 128 feet
400 feet
Crescent City to Shreveport via Alexandria Line, and to Vicksburg.


1973 to present 
Point to Point with loops for shows
NCE DCC with radio and tether controls. 
JMRI switching program

Manifest freights and local switching

 

The Crescent Lines has four division, the River Division, Delta Division, Mountain Division, and the Plains Division.  Our layout models the River Division, which is divided into four Districts.  The following Districts are listed from the southern end to the northern end.

 

River Division 

 

Crescent City District

 

Turner City District

Railroad Division Point

 

Traeger District

 

Natchez District