LOS

Lake Ontario Shore RR – The Hojack Line (LakeShores Division)

Jim Fairbanks, MMR

OPS SESSION—Friday, 9:00 am
— 12:00 pm
Location—Canandaigua
Distance from Hotel—32 Miles
Operator Limit—7 People
Layout size—12' x 37' plus 2' x 18'
Control system —NCE Plug-in, with up to four WiFi throttles available.
Scenery Completed — 75%

The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad is patterned after the western end of the New York Central’s former Rome, Watertown, & Ogdensburg branch, which was known as the Hojack Line, during the 1950s and 60s. A Time Table & Train Order operating system, with car cards and waybills for car forwarding, are used. Communication is face-to-face, as trains traverse the single track mainline, working the towns along the way. There are  interfaces with the three on-line yards in Webster, Sodus, and Oswego. The railroad is point to point, with staging at each end. Three other railroads, the Erie, the Pennsylvania, and the NYO&W, interchange with the Hojack.

Completed Track: 100%

Completed Scenery: 33%

*Note: Dog in house