John Green's Coquihalla Valley Railway
John Green's Coquihalla Valley Railway
Location | South Western British Columbia Cascade Range Ruby Creek to Brookmere and Merritt | Interchange | Canadian National & Canadian Pacific |
Size | 13.5 feet by 25 feet Plus Branch Line Room size is 540 square feet | Scale | HO standard guage |
Era | September 1955 | Control | DCC Lenz – Tethered and CVP throttles |
Clock Speed | Normally 6:1 this sometimes changes without notice depending on traffic or session dynamics.. | Session Length | 3 - 4 hours |
Crew Size | 5-6 Train Crew running trains.1 Yard Master 1 Dispatcher and 3 train order operators | Dispatching | TT&TO |
Car Forwarding | Car Cards and Waybills | Communication | Telephones |
Accessibility | Stair Free access possible – 24” aisles Layout Height 36” to 62” | Website | CQVR |
Prototype/Freelanced Scale | Proto Freelanced based on Canadian Pacific Railway Kettle Valley Division Coquihalla and Merritt Sub Divisions | Length of Mainline | Visible operational 220 ‘ Staging 100 ‘ |
Yards | Brookmere Division Point yard; Wayfreight switching at Hope , Othello, Portia, Iago, Juliet, Merritt, and Nicola | Number of Passing Sidings | 6 |
Scenery Complete | 50% | Carspots | 140 |
Motive Power | First generation Diesel | Rolling Stock | 160 Freight and Passenger traffic |
Train Lengths | 14 cars including caboose | Track Construction | Flex some hand laid switches |
Session Atmosphere | Business-like - getting the traffic over a Mountain railway |