Welcome To AGHRClub
Welcome to the official home page of the
Angels Gate Hi-Railers Model Railroad Club (AGHR). We are
located in Angels Gate Park, 3601 South Gaffey Street,
Building 848 (by the soccer field and the vehicle storage
yard) in San Pedro, California on what used to be the upper
reservation of the old Fort MacArthur military base.
General
Information:
The layout is basically a large "out and back" convoluted oval consisting of
a primary and secondary mainline-both supported by a seven-track staging
yard. They are also supported by a small through yard about midway through
the layout.
There is about 1200 feet of track, including the staging yard.
While not long in terms of scale mileage (110 feet = 1 O-scale mile) that's
still quite a bit of track. The benchwork is complete and we have the two
operational mainline loops running with mountain branch line and harbor
industrial sections currently under construction. The primary mainline is
designed for operation in either direction and is equipped with block signals
(although they don't protect against collision.) There are two scratch-built
wooden trestles and a third is being designed.
Recent additions to the layout include the installation of
Lionel's TMCC command system as well as MTH's DCS system.
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