Name: Denver, Front Range & Western
Layout designer: Doug Tagsold
Scale: HO (1: 87.1)
Size: 25 x 40 feet
Prototype: Union Pacific
Locale: Denver west into the Rocky Mountains
Style: double-deck linear walkaround
Era: 2005
Mainline run: 450 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2.5 percent
Layout designer: Doug Tagsold
Scale: HO (1: 87.1)
Size: 25 x 40 feet
Prototype: Union Pacific
Locale: Denver west into the Rocky Mountains
Style: double-deck linear walkaround
Era: 2005
Mainline run: 450 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2.5 percent
Originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Model Railroader.
Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
first time on-line with this magazine, but have to say it's pretty cool
On the upper level, the location near Glenwood Canyon should read "Bond", Colorado, not Bend. Other than that, this is an accurate track plan for the final version of the DFR&W.