Welcome to the Move It On (MIO) Railroad System, a New York Central subsidiary. It is a 102-foot shelf/peninsular N scale model railroad layout with 359 ft. of mainline, siding and yard trackage. It has 264 feet of main line and 6 yards; Pontiac (passenger/freight), Chicago (passenger), Flint Yard, Lexington Yard, Ft. Harris and Fort J. Clements Yard. Construction started in 1965 with the layout going through 7 cross-country moves. Expansion into its current configuration began in 1997. The layout is DCC (North Coast Engineering) and is designed for operating session and also for continuous running during open houses. Train crews use switch lists and train movements are controlled by a central dispatcher located on the 4th floor of the MIO Headquarters in Pontiac.
MIO Headquarters – Pontiac Dispatcher Clements at Work
Keep the Line Moving MIO Communication Workers