How To Track Plan Database The St. Paul & Southern layout in HO scale

The St. Paul & Southern layout in HO scale

By Mitch Horner | June 5, 2023

The St. Paul & Southern layout is set in 1995 on Chicago & North Western’s “Spine Line”

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Facts & features

Name: St. Paul & Southern
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 24 x 28 feet
Prototype: Chicago & North Western’s “Spine Line”
Locale: Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri
Era: 1995
Style: Walk-in
Mainline run: 200 feet
Minimum radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: Flat
Benchwork: Open grid
Height: 47″
Roadbed: Cork
Track: Micro Engineering flextrack
Scenery: Extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: Painted tempered hardboard
Control: Switchable between DC cab control and MRC Prodigy Elite DCC

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