Name: Lehigh Alliance of Rail Carriers
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 19′-0″ x 34′-0″
Theme: fictional merger between the Central of New Jersey, Delaware & Hudson, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, and Reading railroads
Era: late 1960s, early 1970s
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 110 feet
Minimum radii: 24″ (main), 18″ (industrial areas)
Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (industrial)
Maximum grade: 2 percent (main), 4.5 percent on Hazleton Branch
Originally appeared in the August 2006 issue of Model Railroader.
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