Facts and features
Name: Long Island Rail Road
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 27′-7″ x 48′-9″
Prototype: Long Island Rail Road
Locale: Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and north shore of Long Island (to Greenlawn)
Era: 1964 (diesel) or 1954 (steam)
Mainline run: approximately 300 feet
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: No. 4 (yards), No. 6 (main and crossovers)
Maximum grade: 3%
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 44″ to 65″
Roadbed: Homabed and cork
Track: code 83 and 70 flextrack
Scenery: wood forms covered with Fiberglas screen mesh and plaster
Backdrop: photos and hand-painted
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control
