Facts and features
Name: Illinois Central Gulf
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 25 x 40 feet plus 12 x 16-foot staging in crawl space
Prototype: Illinois Central Gulf
Locale: Chicago to Champaign, Ill.
Era: October 1976
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 350 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: No. 5
Maximum grade: less than .5%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 46″ to 59″
Roadbed: ¾” plywood and ½” Homasote
Track: code 83 (handlaid) and code 100 (flextrack)
Scenery: window screen covered with joint compound
Backdrop: 1∕8” wall board and tempered hardboard
Control: Lenz Digital Command Control
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 25 x 40 feet plus 12 x 16-foot staging in crawl space
Prototype: Illinois Central Gulf
Locale: Chicago to Champaign, Ill.
Era: October 1976
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 350 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: No. 5
Maximum grade: less than .5%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 46″ to 59″
Roadbed: ¾” plywood and ½” Homasote
Track: code 83 (handlaid) and code 100 (flextrack)
Scenery: window screen covered with joint compound
Backdrop: 1∕8” wall board and tempered hardboard
Control: Lenz Digital Command Control
