SANTA FE - Valley Staging
This panel controls the staging yard representing the Santa Fe mainline south of Chico, CA. towards Stockton, CA., Bakersfield, CA., and beyond. Track is located under Redding Junction and is accessed by taking the double track mainline on the left through the Chico Wye interlocking.

A staging track is selected by pressing the appropriate push button - all turnouts will align and the selected track powered up. All other tracks are powered down. Red LEDs indicate that a track is occupied. Yellow LEDs indicate the track that has been selected.

The TRAIN IS AT END OF TRACK function automatically stops a train if the operator is about to run into the end of the track. The track power automatically turns off and the train stops - the red LED flashes to indicate this condition. To re-gain control of the train, the operator must adjust his handheld controller to STOP, press and hold the OVERRIDE push button to power-up the track, select the REVERSE button on the controller, and back the train until the LED no longer flashes. It is then safe to stop and park the train.

Three yards make up Valley Staging. The East bound Yard is on one of the two 'End Of Track' stopping circuits, and both Westbound Yard 'A' & 'B' are on the other 'End Of Track' stopping circuit.