The Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific are Rusty's favorite prototype roads. That's why he's fit the Cheyenne Mountain into the terrain of the Southwestern United States where those two lines cross. The scenery of New Mexico and Colorado has strongly influenced his modeling efforts.

The History of the CMRR

The history of the CMRR goes back 36 years, when it was known as the Pecos & Eastern. Another modeler owned it in 1969, though it had been partially built by the Houston S-Gaugers. Certain areas of the layout still carry the names of some of the members: Troxell's Crossing, Little's Wye, and Loeb Siding.

Railroads of any size can go up for sale, and when this one was put on the market, Rusty purchased the trackage and "land." (The rolling stock was auctioned off.) He divided the layout into seven sections and reassembled them in a specially constructed buiding in 1976. The reconstruction included widening a narrow gauge branch to standard gauge, completely rewiring the layout, building new bridges, and extending the track to serve new industries.

Soon to come the Cheyenne Mountain Railroad will be moving to a new and larger location. The road will be redesigned from it's current 25'x12' to a new design encompassing 20'x20'. This will enable the building of a new mainline, as well as several new towns.

 

Special thanks go to Bob Werre and Model Railroading Magazine for exerpts from their article on the CMRR on this page and Rusty's bio page.

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	July 2006