The LARC fills a 2400 sq foot basement. It was featured three times in Model Railroader Magazine and once in The Narrow Gauge and Short line Gazette. The layout is actually 2 layouts in one basement. The lower level depicts the Rio Grande Tennessee Pass line through central Colorado as it would appear today, if it had not closed in the 1990s. The upper level takes one back in time to 1949 and depicts various aspects of the famous Colorado “Narrow Gauge Circle”. The LARC is controlled by Digitrax wireless DCC, with CTC control and full signaling. This expansive layout features 6 foot high mountains, deep valleys, over 300 structures, 400 pieces of rolling stock, 80 sound equipped engines, and stunning scenery. One special attraction is the computer day/night sequence, in which the lights dim, the sun sets behind the mountains, and hundreds of building lights go on and off individually during the night…all during the operations!
