MMRR Video

Mystic Mountain Railroad A back country shortline garden railroad, loosely set in the early 1900’s, using primarily battery-power and radio control. It is a large loop with several passing sidings and two small yards. The Mountain Division makes extensive use of rock castings creating rugged mountains and deep canyons, necessitating many steel bridges, tunnels, and a large, complex helix.

Vital statistics

• 1200' Nickel Silver track
• Can be run as one large loop, two smaller loops, and point-to-point w/ turning wyes and turntable
• Mainline: min. 5 ft. radius and 2.5% grade except for 4% helper district in Mountain Division
• Locolinc & Train Engineer radio control of track/battery-powered trains
  

Unique features

• Rock castings made from resin and white concrete
• Four-turn helix to gain necessary elevation
• Buildings are lit for night operation; some have sound effects

Plants

• Groundcovers: Woolly and Elfin Thymes, Scotch Moss, Baby Tears, Green Carpet, Bolax Glebaria, Veronica, Sedum
• Trees: Seiju Elm, Hokkaido Elm, Mugo Pine, dwarf Alberta Spruce, Snow Rose, Cuphea.
• Suppliers: Mussler Forests, Stepables, Miniature Plant Kingdom, Mini Forest

Unique Problems

• Critter damage: deer, gophers, moles, racoon
• Thermal expansion along 100' straight track run
• Large elevation change requiring four-turn compound helix

Construction projects

• 30" turntable
• Battery R/C conversions
• Sound systems
• Movable shelves for quickly loading/unoading trains to tracks
• Adding a usable front coupler to the Ten-Wheeler
  

Overhead view of meet at Outaluck

 
Train pulling in to Outaluck station

White concrete castings painted with acrylics make for realistic cliffs

Train approaching Red River resort

Red River Resort area

Track crew completing spur at Red River

Water tower repair at Providence station

Maintenance of way shed made from OSH boxcar

This cemetary certainly is haunted

Handcar shed at Outaluck

Mountain Division photos

MMRR Track Plan

Mystic Mountain RR story

Railroad Construction photos

Plant catalog (7.5 MB)

30" Turntable construction (2 MB PDF)

Electronics -throttle and sound

Movable shelves to quickly load/unload trains to/from track - coming soon

Locolink throttle above left, SoundTraxx lower left; two 9.6V Makita tool batteries

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