HO scale Iron Mountain, Marquette & Lake Superior RR

Name: Iron Mountain, Marquette & Lake Superior RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 17 x 28 feet
Prototype: freelanced, based on Lake Superior & Ishpeming
Locale: Michigan’s Upper ­Peninsula
Era: 1930s to 1950s
Style: Along the wall, with peninsulas
Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid
Height: 32″ to 40″
Roadbed: cork
Track: Peco code 83 with Peco and Shinohara turnouts
Mainline run: 117 feet
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board and Sculptamold
Backdrop: custom photo mural
Control: NCE DCC wireless

The track plan originally appeared in the May 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.