Thanks Steven and Gus!
Gus, i down sized the engine service facility a touch, actually now that would be do-able in HO
, but the yard alone would take about 40' to do in HO
, NOT doable
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While most of us are sleeping at 2:00AM in the morning, the RVS is quite alive with tons of action. The RVS, is just on the outskirts of Beloit WI, right on the WI/ILL Stateline, and happens to be the home of UP's Largest classification yard in WI.
UP's RVS handels all the trains coming into and out of the yard from Chicago's Proviso yard(south bound traffic) , and for north bound traffic UP's RVS assembles consists that run to Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay. The RVS yard is comprised of 3 sections,
1-the engine holding tracks(2) & service facility (4 tracks)
2- South bound traffic (west side of the yard)
3- North bound traffic (East side of the yard)
Shots below were taken around the engine service facility at about 2:00AM in the morning, as you can tell by the parking lot the RVS has large crews working around the clock keeping the UP going strong
(and thats just the engine crews cars, you should see the yard office on the west side of the yard
) . Side note, i was just informed from "Big ED" a large Paint shop is going up right behind the engine service shop
, more on that as it happens
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