Bayrails 2025 Layouts

The layout is set in the East Bay Area in 1999. The railroad represents the former Western Pacific San Jose and 1st Subdivisions, now the UP Niles, Oakland and Milpitas Subdivisions. The railroad is a branchline which supports an Auto plant (NUMMI) and a number of smaller industries.

Dispatching is by TCS (using CATS) which replicates a Digicon console. All signals are repeated on color lite signals above the layout. A unique feature of the layout is that there is no yardmaster, only a Clerk. This is because the prototype Milpitas Yard has no permanent switcher. The clerk is responsible for managing the yard and the neighboring NUMMI complex, writing switchlists to instruct the crews where to place cars. All crews do their own work when passing through the yard. The layout is about 95% sceniced.

UP Oakland Sub
Seth Neumann		Mountain View

HO	Union Pacific	http://www.bayrails.com/layouts2.php?m=neumann
Scenery: 95%	12' x 35'	120 foot visible
Folded dogbone with staging	dispaching is CTC, car forwarding with clerk and switch lists	NCE DCC
Average house (1-2 steps)	Spring 1999, East Bay	Photos
The layout is set in the East Bay Area in 1999. The railroad represents the former Western Pacific San Jose and 1st Subdivisions, now the UP Niles, Oakland and Milpitas Subdivisions. The railroad is a branchline which supports an Auto plant (NUMMI) and a number of smaller industries. Dispatching is by TCS (using CATS) which replicates a Digicon console. All signals are repeated on color lite signals above the layout. A unique feature of the layout is that there is no yardmaster, only a Clerk. This is because the prototype Milpitas Yard has no permanent switcher. The clerk is responsible for managing the yard and the neighboring NUMMI complex, writing switchlists to instruct the crews where to place cars. All crews do their own work when passing through the yard. The layout is about 95% sceniced.
Op Session on	Mountain View	19, 30