Facts & features
Name: Tygart Valley Division
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: Two rooms, 15′ x 18′ and 12′ x 20′
Prototypes: Proto-freelanced, Western Maryland Ry.
Locale: West Virginia
Era: Mid-1950s
Style: Walkaround
Mainline run: 160 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: 2.75%
Benchwork: Open grid
Height: 45″ to 63″
Roadbed: Cork over Homasote
Track: Code 100 and 83 flextrack with Peco turnouts
Scenery: Cardboard web covered with plaster
Backdrop: Painted drywall and styrene
Control: NCE DCC
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