October 2018 Update
The layout was, once upon a time, a representation of the Saint Johnsbury & Lamoille Valley (SJLV)** located in northern Vermont. It was during this lengthy interlude several years ago that our group informally gathered to run & talk trains. Bill’s railroad has changed often (e.g. Central Vermont, Bangor & Aroostok, Mass Central, B&M, etc.) enough that it is pointless to give it one name. But, since it was the SJLV when this entry was made, it will be the name used extensively on this and subsequent pages.
** Similar to an actual railroad, but, the modeled route differed, as did the name.
NOTE: To view Bill’s description & diagrams of the lastest changes, CLICK HERE!
THE INCARNATION THAT WAS OPERATED FOR THE GREATEST DURATION
Route (of St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County RR)
Milepost 0: St. Johnsbury interchange with Maine Central Railroad and Canadian Pacific Railway
Milepost 1.4: Fairbanks Scales factory
Milepost 11.5: Danville
Milepost 19.7: Walden (not represented on layout)
Milepost 27.8: Greensboro Bend
Milepost 34.7: Hardwick junction with Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad.
Milepost 39: Preserved 90-foot Fisher covered bridge built in 1908 over the Lamoille River was strengthened in 1968
Milepost 41: Wolcott 120-foot covered bridge built 1909 over the Lamoille River replaced by steel bridge about 1968.
Milepost 48.9: Morrisville was the most important shipping point on the line
Milepost 51.6: Hyde Park (not represented on layout)
Milepost 56.4: Johnson Eastern Magnesia Talc
Milepost 64.6: Cambridge Junction with Central Vermont Railroad.
Milepost 78.4: Fairfield[8] Milepost 83: Sheldon
Milepost 84.6: Sheldon Junction with Central Vermont Railroad
Milepost 90.9: Highgate (not represented on layout)
Milepost 94.7: East Swanton junction with Central Vermont Railroad. (not represented on layout)
Milepost 96.1: Swanton Lime Works and interchange with CV (not represented on layout)
Bill’s SJLV is based on portions of the SJLC & a small portion of the CV. The SJLC route from Sheldon Jct to Swanton is not fully represented. Rather, the SJLV follows a CV route from Sheldon Jct to St Albans where it interchanged with another CV route that ran north/south parallel with Lake Champlain.
Model Train Operations 
Over time the West end has evolved into two yards, one the St J in Swanton, and one the CV in St Albans. Both feed into the reverse loop. The line from each of these yards joins each other just east of the St J yard in Swanton. The line from that point to the routing switch just short of Sheldon Jct represents the CV, but also serves as a staging route to Sheldon Jct for traffic out of Swanton yard. This dual role/use can be confusing, but most folks who are running on the layout don’t bother to figure such details out and just run their train. I’m good with that. If it’s fun…let it run. Bill Barry
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