Tehachapi BC
Gary Hinshaw's Tehachapi, BC Railroad
| Superintendent | Gary Hinshaw | ||
| Prototype Location | UP’s Tehachapi Pass, Bakersfield to Mojave CA | Interchange | BNSF trackage rights |
| Size | 10ft x 20 ft | Scale | N(normal) |
| Era | modern (2010+) | Control | DCC Digitrax duplex radio; WiThrottle/EngineDriver |
| Clock Speed | 5:1 | Session length | 2.5 hours |
| crew size | 5-6 | Dispatching | CTC (in development) |
| Car Forwarding | tabs for locals, none for through freights | Communication | in development |
| jobs | dispatcher, staging manager, road crews, pusher crews | accessibility | 7 stairs and 56” nod-under |
| Website | Tehachapi Pass | Prototype/Freelance Scale | Prototype |
| Length of mainline | 3.3 scale miles | Yards | 2 stub-end yards (9 and 6 tracks), 1 serial staging helix (8 train capy.) |
| Number of passing sidings | : 2 sidings and 1 scale mile of double track | % scenery completed | 1% (mainline mostly ballasted) |
| Number of car spots | 4 (~12 in full plan) | Motive Power | modern diesel (65% GE, 35% EMD, 90% Kato) |
| Rolling Stock | 400 cars: intermodal, grain, autos, lumber, manifest | Train lengths | 30-40 60 ft cars (12-16 actual feet) |
| Track construction: | mainline: Micro engineering code 55 concrete tie with hand-laid turnouts; yards: Peco code 55 flex & turnouts | Session Atmosphere: | : casual, fun |