Layout

Layout Overview and Technical Details

Area Modelled

Click on place names in the diagram above to see photos of those locations. If the map links don’t work, these are the links to individual locations.

Cartier Subdivision

Nickel Subdivision

Webbwood Subdivision

Little Current Subdivision

Track Plan

Crosssection

Technical Details

Railroad Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail): Sudbury Division
Time Period 1970-79
Track Visible: handlaid code 55, 70 & 83
Hidden: flextrack code 100
Standards Maximum Mainline Grade: 1.5%
Turnouts (mainline): #8 or greater
Turnouts (industry & hidden): #6
Minimum Mainline Radius: Mainline 30 inches(hidden)
Track Centres: 2 inch spacing
Track Occupancy Control Dispatcher Controlled – Signalled CTC on Cartier Subdivision main line (in progress)
Branch lines are currently using a form of OCS (Occupancy Clearance System – like Track Warrants on US RRs) but may use Timetable & Train Orders in the future
Command Control System NCE DCC

Recent Posts

Following CP#911 Video

There are many things our club does well, but creating numerous, frequent, and up-to-date layout videos for the WRMRC YouTube channel isn’t one of those. However, the recent Waterloo Railway Expo did coax us to do some new filming, so our club’s display there could present this video showing some of the newer scenic areas and latest structures on the layout.

This video follows CP manifest freight #911 along the current active section of the layout between Stinson siding on the Cartier Sub, and the hidden Webbwood staging yard at the end of the Webbwood Sub. The recording was done over the middle of August 2026, just days before the Expo.

This isn’t the slickest and most professional model train video, but it does give you a contemporary look at the CP Sudbury Division layout in 2026.

For your viewing pleasure we present:- “Following 911 Over the CP Sudbury Division”

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