Badgerland S Gaugers

CHUCK'S
SOO LINE STEVENS POINT BRANCH

OWNER: Chuck Porter
LAYOUT TYPE: Twice around the walls with passing siding and 6 track hidden storage yard
RAIL CODE: Code 125 hand laid with code 100 at the island.
POWERED BY: Digitrax DCC

Chucks Soo Line is number four in his achievements of layout construction during his model railroading hobby. Chuck started with HO in the 70's and when his new house was build he changed over to S-gauge where his current layout was built, dismantled, and rebuilt again.

Chuck is depicting a place in mid-Wisconsin called Portage Junction where the Stevens Point Branch-line ended and connected to the Milwaukee Road's old mainline through Horicon and the new mainline through Oconomowoc. Portage Junction was located just South of the old Fox-Wisconsin canal on the South side of Portage

Entry to the layout is through a hinged drop gate. Turnouts are a combination of scratch built, Earl Exchleman, BK, plus others. Better lighting was installed on the latest version of changes. Any new additions will be made with Tomalco switches and flextrack to aid in construction. Current addition is underway building a connection to a center island laying elevated and return loop with yard tracks at the lower level.

Photos by Don Goeke

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