Cimarron River Diorama

 

This three-module, 16’ long diorama is another of our efforts to showcase the beauty of Oklahoma.  Twin Buttes was built in 2002 and was so well received that it inspired the construction of the 6’ Cimarron River and Copperhead Canyon modules in 2003.

On the 6’ modules, the blue line works its way to the back of the modules.  The red and yellow lines angle slightly to the rear, spread apart and share a 9' long (¼ scale mile) common siding that can be switched to select power from the Red line, Yellow line or off. The three tracks (red, siding and yellow) meander through serpentine cuts in the rolling hills.   Although the three modules are complete, operational and have scenery, we still have to build and install the equipment for the oil well tank battery and put a little water in the Cimarron River bottom.

 


 

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Cimarron River 1

This semi-prototypical scene models the terrain found on US 412 near Orienta, Major County, Oklahoma. It illustrates how the topography turns from red earth and rock capped buttes west of the Cimarron River to tan soil and rolling hills east of the river. Two main line tracks and their shared siding meander through serpentine cuts in the rolling hills while a branch line follows its own path further back.

Look carefully and you can see activity under the bridges and more back behind the bridges.

The red ground seen on these modules is real Oklahoma red earth collected from an oil well location near Woodward, OK.