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Wimberley Blanco and
Southern. OK you Steam buffs. Well, smaller scale anyway. Mr. Edwards, the Chief Operating officer and President of the WB&S has offered to have his layout open for the convention. This is a bus trip from the Hotel to the site. When you get there, there will be Steam Passenger trains ready to take away. You climb and move out of the station along a double track railroad spanning Hill country creeks and dales. The puffing exhaust as the engines climb the long grade is a sound and sight to behold. Lunch will be served and in the early afternoon, the bus will return you to the convention hotel. This is a rear treat and for those that have never ridden behind live steam models, this is a great place to start. Sign up early for this one as we are sure space will go quickly. |
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Videos (YouTube) Video 1 - Footage taken from Nick Edward's spring meet in May of 2007 Video 2 - Action from double-headed PRR E6 Atlantics and SP 2-8-0 No.2420.
Some short QuickTime
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See a track plan (click to open) |
Railroad at a Glance | |
| Name: | Wimberley, Blanco & Southern RR | |
| Scale: | 1 ½" = 1'0" (Actually1.6" = 1'0"), also 2 ½" = 1'0" narrow gauge | |
| Gauge: | 7 ½" and 7 ¼" | |
| Size: | 18 Acres | |
| Main Line: | 6200 feet | |
| Total Trackage | Approx 14,000 feet and growing! | |
| Prototype: | Free-lance with Passenger and Operations in mind | |
| Period: | 1930's to 1980's | |
| Layout Style | ||
| Main Line: | Double-Track with balloon loop at each end | |
| Branch Lines: | Single Track with passing sidings (under construction) | |
| Layout Height: | 0" - 960 feet above sea level | |
| Benchwork" | The ground | |
| Road-bed: | Caliche with crushed limestone ballast | |
| Track: | 1" high aluminum rail (scale 160 lb. rail) hand laid on 2x4 pressure-treated ties facing down for good ballast grip | |
| Approximately 40,000 ties | ||
| Approximately 160,000 hand driven track screws | ||
| Minimum radii | ||
| Main Line: | 60-foot | |
| Branch Lines: | 50-foot | |
| Yards: | 45-foot with one test track at 35-foot | |
| Turnouts: | # 9 main line, # 8 branch line, # 7 yards and sidings | |
| No. of Turnouts: | 2 double-slips, 2 single slips, 4 three-way, 1 gauntlet, 116 regular | |
| Scenery: | Texas Hill Country | |
| Backdrop: | Texas Blue Sky | |
| Control: | Live Steam plus diesel and electric powered locomotives | |