CHiPS Model Railroad

This area of the layout began as the location for a large oil refinery. That idea was changed later to a logging line, which would include a logging industry along the Reading Branch, as well as a connection between the Reading Branch and a Shay Line Spur. The farmlands would serve as a transition between Metropolis City and Columbia. This area includes the wye junction where trains from the mainlines can access the Reading Branch.Ken Duke and Dave Gruel made and placed hundreds of trees in the logging line area.

The photo above shows the steel trestle (actually N-Scale).

The photo above shows the lit enginehouse for the shay and the connection between the Reading Branch and the Logging Line.

Farmlands and meadows along the Reading Branch are shown. This area is nicknamed "Petticoat Junction" because of the swimmers in the water tank nearby.

"Petticoat Junction" was named for the TV series from the 1960s.

A view of Mellinger Lumber before the trees were planted.