Burlington Northern Minnesota Division

BN Logo Welcome to the Burlington Northern Minnesota Division, a HO Scale Model Railroad located in White Bear Lake Minnesota. It is a considered a freelance prototype layout with an Era of 1973-1974. The railroad operates as single track point to point with an option to continuously run as a loop. About 20 industries are able to be switched out as well yard switching and mainline running.

The railroad was built with multiple previously built benchwork pieces from old layouts. About 35 ft of layout was built as portable layout in the 1980’s-mid 90’s named the Minnesota Single Track. It was a BN freelanced portable layout used at Mall and train shows here in the Upper Midwest. These areas still retain some original track work and scenery. Currently, the layout is using car card and waybill system.

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Superintendent	John McKenzie
Division or Location:	Minnesota Division
Interchange Railroads:	Soo Line
Size of Railroad:	350 sq ft., Approx 175 ft mainline , 2 levels
Scale:	HO
Era:	1973-74
Control System:	Digitrax with Wi-Fi available
Scale Clock Speed:	No fast clock is used
Length of Session:	3 hours (real)
Number of Crew:	6
Train Control:	Verbal Authority and Verbal Track Warrants
Are Radios Required:	No
Listed Jobs:	Lincoln Turn, Hopkins turn, Hidden Lake switch job, Soo line switch and transfer job, Clearwater Yard master, Clearwater Turn, Union Yard Yardmaster
Accessibility:	Stairs and one narrow duckunder
Distance from hotel:	12 Miles
Estimated travel time from hotel:	18 Minutes
Web Site:	{None...yet}
Pets:	None

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