Arthur Boyd's
Clear Creek and Caldswell Mining and Railway Company
August 10, 2008
The CC&CMRC is an N
gauge layout that fits very nicely in a 14'x14' room while the staging
is on the outside of the room. Aisle space is abundant for a layout of
this size.
As with other N and Z scale layouts we have visited the one thing that stands out on the CC &CMRC to me is that the railroad (track) is part of the scenery and does not overwhelm the scene. The gorge on the CC &CMRC is a good example of this. Arthur has achieved a very nice balance between the gorge, the bridge over the gorge and the rest of the scene. One can feel as if the scene is properly proportioned without the "scale down "effect you sometimes get with the larger scales.
Arthur is using a card order system for operations so if you would like to operate on a nicely running N gauge layout then be sure to sign up for his call board on Sunday morning during the convention.
Another interesting thing that Arthur does is he uses the MRC sound system (not DCC) in conjunction with the Digitrax DCC to put out a very nice sound without the expense and work of installing sound decoders
As with other N and Z scale layouts we have visited the one thing that stands out on the CC &CMRC to me is that the railroad (track) is part of the scenery and does not overwhelm the scene. The gorge on the CC &CMRC is a good example of this. Arthur has achieved a very nice balance between the gorge, the bridge over the gorge and the rest of the scene. One can feel as if the scene is properly proportioned without the "scale down "effect you sometimes get with the larger scales.
Arthur is using a card order system for operations so if you would like to operate on a nicely running N gauge layout then be sure to sign up for his call board on Sunday morning during the convention.
Another interesting thing that Arthur does is he uses the MRC sound system (not DCC) in conjunction with the Digitrax DCC to put out a very nice sound without the expense and work of installing sound decoders
