Mid-South Rail Runners

Modeling the L&N Memphis Line in N Scale

Meeting times
​Wednesday: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM​
Saturday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Welcome to Mid-South Rail Runners! We are building and operating an N-scale model of the old L&N Memphis Line that once linked Memphis, Tennessee with Memphis Junction, a point just south of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Our main focus is on realistic operations, and to this end we have designed our railroad to accurately reflect the major land features and industries that railroad operators and train crews would have encountered along this 260-mile line.

Key features of our railroad:

• L&N Memphis line and connecting roads
• 40'x110' in size
• C/MRI & VB 6 for layout control
• JMRI Operations for tracking car movements
• Digitrax for locomotive control

NC&StL/L&N Interchange at Paris, Tennessee; Sandy River; Lemond's Curve

L&N bridges over the Tennessee River at Danville, Tennessee

L&N bridges over the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee

Budd Creek and Cumberland River at Hematite; Mineral Branch (left); L&N main and Palmyra Tunnel (right)


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A view of Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee (summit of the main line). The northbound Paris-Bowling Green local is about to enter the helper district to Erin where helpers are stationed for southbound traffic.
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​Cumberland Furnace (end of the Clarksville Mineral Branch)



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Paris, Tennessee

A major hub on the L&N Memphis Line separating the Paris North Sub to Clarksville (to the right) and the Paris South Sub to Memphis (to the left).  Paris features a class yard, FGE Icing Plant, NC&StL Interchange (Paducah line), engine roundhouse and turntable, and a passenger station. The two dispatchers for the Memphis Line were located in the Paris passenger station and exist as operating positions on the layout, each with their own telephone line.

​Leewood Yard Area (Memphis)

Wolf Creek bridge, Jackson St. overpass, Whittington Lumber, LCL Freight House, main line and A/D yard on the right, and class yard on the left.

​Connecting Roads and Paris South Operator writes train orders and clearances dictated by TT/TO Dispatcher located at scissors phone desk (upper right).

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