| Name : | Valley Central Railway. |
| Scale : | HO (1:87). |
| Prototype/Theme : | Free lanced railway jointly owned by the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways with interchange to US railroads. |
| Period : | Anywhere from the '60s to the present. Nothing like an F7B running with an SD75I! |
| Style : | Walkaround through 3 rooms. |
| Layout Height : | 48" to 54". |
| Benchwork : | Box style framework made from 1" x 3" pine, fastened directly to the walls. |
| Roadbed : | Cork on chipboard. Most areas are solid chipboard while areas with different track heights are chipboard subroadbed attached to 1" x 3" supports. |
| Track : | Atlas code 100 flextrack, with one Shinohara #8 curved LH turnout in the town. Minimum turnout size is #4. Maximum grade is 2%. |
| Length of Track : | Total track length, including all yards and sidings, is approximately 633 feet. |
| Min. Radius : | Mainline: 22", elsewhere: 18". |
| Scenery : | Plaster of Paris hardshell, plaster cloth and drywall compound. |
| Backdrop : | 1/8" Masonite hardboard, painted sky, painted backdrops, and wall sections against masonite. |
| Control : | 'Throttles for all Seasons II' walkaround throttles with memory, built from articles in Model Railroader. Two are used for mainline, and one in the industrial area. |
| Trackplan : | Click here for a copy of the trackplan. |
| Unit | Model | Roadname | Remarks |
| #2402 | EMD SD-24 | Valley Central Railway | Painted in experimental scheme. Top light gray, bottom dark gray and lettering in yellow. |
| #805 | EMD/VCR SW-8i | Valley Central Railway | SW-8 with cab cut down for use in industrial buildings. Also in experimental paint scheme. |
| #739 | EMD TR-4 | Valley Central Railway | Cow and calf version of SW-7 connected with drawbar. |
| #5002 | GE Dash8-40C | Valley Central Railway | One of the newest pieces of motive power on the railway. |
| #902 | EMD/VCR GP-9ru | Valley Central Railway | GP-7 with a chop nose, and upgraded to a GP-9. Also painted in experimental scheme. |
| #4924 | GMD GP-7 | Valley Central Railway | GP-7 built at EMD/GMDD in London, Ontario. |
| #1521 | GMDD FP-7A | Ontario Northland | Painted and detailed. Can be used for passenger or ore hauling. |
| #1517 | GMDD FP-7A | Ontario Northland | Painted and detailed. Can be used for passenger or ore hauling. |
| #4341 | GMDD GP-7 | Canadian National Railway | Painted for CN's Great Slave Lake division. Originally rubber band drive. Now just a dummy unit. |
| #9195 | GMDD F-7B | Canadian National Railway | Dummy unit, painted and detailed. Waiting for an A-unit to go with it! |
| #3819 | Baldwin RF-16A | New York Central | Sharknose. Should look good pulling string of hoppers. |
| #3810 | Baldwin RF-16A | New York Central | Sharknose. Dummy unit. Not modelling any certain era lets you run anything you want. |
| #36 | EMD BL2 | Monon | Excellent running unit. May repaint in future to VCR colors. |
| #3098 | GMDD GP38-2 | CP Rail | Painted and detailed myself. |
| #3000 | Fairbanks Morse H-24-66 | Canadian National Railways | Painted in green and yellow scheme. Only unit of this model on CNR's roster. |
| #1509 | GMD SW1500 | Valley Central Railway | Painted, but not completely detailed. Needs some work, like light lenses, and handrails painted. |
Valley Central Railway