The Pasquinel Division of the ATSF RR is a proto-freelance division across Arizona during 1967, whose route pretty much follows an alignment about 60 miles south of the existing BNSF transcon. Warbonnets and yellow/blue bookend paint adorned the diesels that ruled the tracks, cabooses (waycars) still trailed freights and passenger trains were sometimes 20 cars long.

Operations take place on 650′ of mainline, with passing tracks for 50 car trains, 36″ minimum super-elevated curves and maximum grades of 1.7%. Aisleways are 48″ minimum.

Big name passenger trains use our tracks including hi-level El Cap, Super Chief, and No’s 47 and 57 accommodation and mail trains.

Jobs are about evenly divided among switching (three yard crews + three switch jobs), locals or turns, and highballing over the road on the pool jobs. The dispatcher authorizes train moves on verbal track warrants, and car cards are simple. Jobs are set up so you can rotate off them to another job if required.

Radio Throttle NCE is used for control and the base scenery is 95% complete with detailing moving along nicely!

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