McLeod service station in the town of Santa Ana, typical of the service station of the 1950�s.� Full service and gasoline for less than 25 cents a gallon.

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The West-Midwest Union Pacific and Santa Fe model railroad is a free-lanced (not an exact duplicate of a particular time or location, but inspired by various locations where these major railroads ran in the 1950�s (and even today).� The 1950�s was known as the transition era from steam locomotives to diesel locomotives, and like many modelers I like this era since I can justify running both types of locomotives, and also because I like the cars and other scenery typical of the 1950�s.� The locale is set to be a typical Midwest city (inspired by Chicago) and small California and western towns typically traveled by the Union Pacific and Santa Fe railroads.��

The layout has various industries that are inter-related such as the cattle industry and slaughterhouse, citrus packing house and ice-house and food distributors, etc.� The layout also tries to display life as it was in the 1950�s and includes a diner and a service station typical of the 1950�s.

There are 3 major towns depicted on the layout:� Santa Ana, Middletown, and San Angeles.� Santa Ana is a western town with citrus fruit and cattle as the main industries, Middletown is a major Midwestern city, and San Angeles is a major port area in California (loosely based on L.A. and San Francisco).