Rochelle Intermodal – N Scale Railroad

Rochelle Intermodal N Scale Intermodal & Switching Layout

Welcome to the Rochelle Intermodal website, showcasing my old N scale layout. This layout was loosely based on Rochelle, Illinois, and had an intermodal facility (based on Global III) and industrial switching areas (based on Caron Road, Rochelle, IL.). This website is a place to show you my old Rochelle Intermodal N scale layout, with photos and videos. This website is no longer being updated.

My new layout, BNSF Chicago Sub N Scale can be found on the following website: https://chicagosubnscale.com

Successful show for the Seaboard Southern!

Peter Borcherds September 27th, 2010

Showing that not even a devastating fire can ruin things, the Seaboard Southern put on a successful show this past weekend in Horsham. Rochelle Intermodal attended and received much attention – well done to all club members for doing such a great job! Can’t wait to get the new clubrooms painted and fixed up!

Rochelle has one more show attendance this year, at the White House Model Railway Group show in Hampton on 20th November. This will be the last show I will be exhibiting at for a while as I haven’t been able to do any work on the layout – not enough room to put it up permanently in my shed, so it has remained boxed up between shows. I will be trying to finish off the scenery, detailing and weathering and getting the automation finished off. I’m not sure when (or if) I will be putting it back on the exhibition circuit, but I will keep this site updated as I progress with the work.

Hopefully a new house next year will allow me to have the layout up permanently as my wife has told me I can have the garage for this use (still to get it in writing!)…so on the search for a suitable house!!

Till the next update…

General

Another successful show…

Peter Borcherds June 29th, 2010

Rochelle was at the NMRA’s ‘Not the Winter Meet’ at Benson this past weekend (26th June). The layout performed well, with only occasional problems caused by one dodgy loco and a few dodgy operators 🙂 Many thanks to Pete Blake and Alan Crooks for helping me set up and take layout down, and Alan Crooks & Brian Woolven for helping me operate throughout the day. Thanks guys!

Below are the latest photos taken at the show showing the latest board, Caron Street, with its new backscene. Still plenty of work needed on these boards (weathering and detailing), but they are performing well. One slight adjustment to a point needed on suggestion of Alan to allow more switching flexibility.

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Keep an eye on the website for more updates on shows later this year, the first of which will be the Seaboard Southern’s North American Show in October – more details on the Seaboard Southern website.

Till later!