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The Rose Rock and Crystal City Railroad Lynn & Joanne Denison A
Featured Layout on the 2008 Four Club Tour The dream of a garden railroad began in 1990, but due to being a United Methodist Pastor, my wife and I moved on the average of every 7-8 years. I gradually began to make purchases and dream. Finally, upon retirement in 2002, I finalized the design. Construction began in early 2003. There is an almost
constant ascending or descending 2% grade on the 350 feet of single,
mainline track. There are two cities - Rose Rock (at zero elevation) and Crystal City (at 1.5 feet of elevation). There are 3 trestles, 4 girder plate bridges, 1 Howell Truss Bridge, 2 seven-foot tunnels and a small pond with waterfalls. Three steam locomotives and one streetcar make up the power on this railroad. The mainline is divided up into nine separate "blocks" and designed to operate as a "Cab Control" operation. I am presently experimenting and developing an apple orchard (Cotoneaster plant) and an orange grove (Pyracantha bush). Seven buildings are solar lit.
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