Stats:
- Name : HOG (Hand Of God) Yards
- Owner : Common club property
- Size : 84" x 30"
- Tracks # : 2 thru tracks; 12 yard tracks, 12
engine tracks at each end
- Total track length (approx) : 112'each for a
total of approx 448' of track.
- Paired : When used as a pass thru, the ends
(#1 & #4) must be used, with either or both mid sections to extend it, or as a
stub end with #1 and any other sections as desired.
- Built : 1995? rebuilt in 1997 to allow for 2
pass thru tracks^.
- Features : 52 turnouts on 4 modules; isolated
track power for yard and engine tracks; duck-unders used at either / both ends
- Unique or hidden details : Yard and engine
tracks have LEDs mounted between ties that indicate track power, 2 thru tracks
to allow for a third mainline (industrial track) to go around 1/2 the layout.
- Trivia : ^ Originally the HOG Yard was a stub
end only in a set of 3 and a proposed "balloon track" at the end, but was
changed to a pass thru with the building of the FRN Park by Dan Dyer after
expanding to 4 sections.


Above, an over-all view of the HOG yard at Trainfest, looking
towards FRN park; below, looking towards New Previa (were the wye is
located to enter the HOG yard). The outside tracks (far left and far right) are
the thru tracks. Also absent in the picture below are white track number
placards.

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Above, a train pulls thru New Preiva's wye into the HOG Yard
over a 6' duck-under. Below, a partially filled HOG Yard early morning at
Trainfest.
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