Burried in a grand museum in the heart of Balboa Park is a wonderful spot dedicated to the model world of trains. We met Rick, a worker on the HO railroad who was kind enough to give us the super secret special grand tour of the unseen areas of the still under construction layout. The Tehachapi Loop shown in the top photo is the signature element of the layout. 26 scale miles are planned with 11 still to go. We saw the under layout pathways used to dispatch and wire the still expanding empire. Many areas are finished but miles and miles of areas are yet to be worked. The layout operates for visitors as can be seen by the super chief and cab forward led trains. This complicates the construction of the largely unfinished mezzanine level that contains the loop and resides on the level above most of the finished scenery.
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