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September 25-27, 2026

Amrail Chicago Ops Weekend 2026

Chicago, Illinois

Layouts / LECS

LECS

Superintendent: John Goodhart

The Lake Erie Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad (LECS) is a freelance Class 1 set in 1969 in central Ohio, Cincinnati to Columbus via Dayton on former Erie Lackawanna trackage. 1100 sq ft, upper and lower levels; mainline, local switching, and classification yard; interchanges with B&O, C&O, N&W, and SOU. CTC signals, wireless throttles, JMRI/CATS dispatching; ~90% scenery; car routing waybills.

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Railroad Details

Superintendent
John Goodhart
Locale
Southwest Ohio (Cincinnati to Columbus)
Scale
HO
Era
August 1969
Layout Size
1100 sq ft
Control System
NCE/WiFi throttles; Digitrax detection and signals
Scale Clock
2.75:1
Session Length
3.5 to 4 hours
Crew Size
12-15
Listed Jobs
Dispatcher; Glenwood yard operators; St. Anne and Batavia switching; turns and locals; Hamilton; Columbus coal mine turn; Cincinnati power plant turn; B&O/C&O transfer pool; LECS pool

Location Details

Accessibility
Main stairwell to basement
Pets
One dog, one cat (not allowed in basement per host)
Distance from Hotel
18 miles, ~47 minutes

Session Notes

Host contact info on file with organizers only.

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