How To Track Plan Database The HO scale Cascade & Twin Mountain RR

The HO scale Cascade & Twin Mountain RR

By Mitch Horner | August 10, 2023

The Cascade & Twin Mountain RR layout in HO scale is modeled after Colorado in the early 1960s.

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Facts & features

 

Name: Cascade & Twin Mountain RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 16′-6″ x 21′-0″
Prototype: freelanced
Locale: Colorado
Era: early 1960s
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 247 feet
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: 2.75%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 54″
Roadbed: cork, Homasote in yard
Track: code 100 flextrack
Scenery: hardshell over cardboard web
Backdrop: 1⁄8″ tempered hardboard, mostly hand-painted with some commercial photos
Control: DC cab control

 

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