Overview of Rick Rideout’s L&N Henderson Subdivision
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The L&N Henderson Subdivision Model Railroad is a creation of Rick Rideout. The layout is 35 by 70 feet and resides in a custom designed basement. Rideout scaled down the 146 mile subdivision down to a 8 scale mile HO layout. He loves the L&N so much, that he built his house along a former L&N Line. In this video, Allen Keller gives a brief description of the L&N subdivision, and Rideout discusses his love for modeling.
Rideout views modeling railroads as an art-form and a way for him to express himself and his love for trains. One third of the L&N layout is scenic. An impressive bridge over the Ohio River between Evansville, Indiana and Henderson, Kentucky is the focal point of the layout. The bridge is 23 feet long and joins the North and South to ride out to Louisville and Nashville. On his layout, Rideout has mass-produced items that he has been unable to find commercially. A computer controls the advanced electronics on the layout, but not the layout’s trains. Computers handle the centralized traffic control machine and the signals, while also monitoring the detection and power circuits. All of the layout’s wiring was completed during first year of construction.
This bridge over the Ohio River between Evansville, Indiana, and Henderson, Kentucky joins the north and south on Rick Rideout's Louisville & Nashville Henderson Subdivision. This huge bridge, over 23 feet long with its approaches, could easily be considered the focal point of the railroad. The layout provides many ideas for Rick's business, Rix Products. When he finds an item he needs that is not available commercially, he often mass produces it for this layout. A computer controls the advanced electronics but not the trains on this HO layout.
The computer handles a centralized traffic control machine and signals while monitoring the detection and power circuits. Rick is so devoted to the L&N that he built his new house along a former L&N line. He loves to watch trains when he's not working on the layout. Welcome, I'm Alan Keller, and this is Rick Rideout, the creator of this huge and L&N Henderson Subdivision. Rick, do you think of model railroading as an art or a science?
It's more of an art for me. It allows me to express myself, and it also gives me the chance to let other people see how it is I view modern railroading. The HO scale L&N occupies an area 35 by 70 feet in a basement that was designed just for it. So far, about 1/3 of the layout is scenic, yet all track and wiring was completed during the first year of construction. Rick has condensed the 146 mile Henderson Subdivision down to eight scale miles.
Nice, but no option for an existing member to see the Follow-on video.