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Click below to view and sign up for upcoming ops sessions:

Thanks to JMRI's WiThrottle, you can now use your iPhone or Android to run trains on the KCS 3rd.

This is EXTREMELY outdated!  - A new version will be posted soon.

Using the RFID Readers on the KCS 3rd Sub

Video of a Recent Operating Session (old 3rd sub)

For more videos please see our Videos page.

Operating on the KCS Heavener Sub

The KCS 3rd is an operating model RR. We generally operate at 1 pm on the 4th Saturday of every month (click "Sign Up" above to confirm).

 

The Prototype:

In 1982, the KCS 3rd Subdivision ran between Heavener, Oklahoma and Watts, OK. The 2nd Subdivision (added to the layout in 2026) ran between Watts OK and Pittsburg KS.  Today both are part of the Heavener Subdivision, which runs from Heavener, OK to Pittsburg, KS, and we are using KCS Heavener Sub for the name of the layout now.  

Specs:

Scale: HO

Control System: DCC, Digitrax duplex wireless

Car routing: Switchlists generated by freeware JMRI Ops

Dispatching: CTC using freeware CATS

Communications: FRS radios for road crews, telephones for yards.

Time Period Modelled: Late spring, 1982.

Ideal number of operators/crew positions: 25 (including yardmaster and dispatcher)

Layout size: 120' x 45' (including lounge, restroom, DS office)

Handicap Accessible: Yes - ground floor outbuilding with no steps.  HOWEVER some jobs will not be wheelchair accessible because they are on an upper level which includes up to 3 steps.

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