Rick Rideout's L&N Henderson Subdivision is big-time modern railroading with a single track main protected by Centralized Traffic Control. The 35x70 foot HO layout re-creates the line between Evansville and Nashville with connections to Chicago and St. Louis. This area is noted for its heavy bridge traffic between the North and the South. This is a railfan's railroad designed for up-close viewing of all the action.

Rick has built operating searchlight signals so operators can work their assignments with minimal direction from the dispatcher. Signals, detection circuits and the fast clocks are controlled by a computer that also checks on the condition of all switch machines and track power circuits.

You'll tour the L&N with a hot-shot piggyback train, and enjoy the flawless operation of a mixed freight as it carries out its switching chores. Rick will show you his unusual method for building sub-roadbed, how to kitbash structures, and how to use fiber optics for signals.

You'll enjoy Rick's use of a walkaround trackplan to achieve maximum operation, and learn from the innovative methods that make the L&N Henderson Subdivision a Great Model Railroad.