S scale Kaw Valley RR

Name: The Kaw Valley RR
Scale: S scale (1:64)
Size: 28 x 28 feet
Prototype: inspired by the Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western RR
Locale: eastern Kansas
Era: late 1950s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 145 feet
Minimum radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 40″ to 48″
Roadbed: 1⁄2″ Homasote over 3⁄4″ plywood
Track: code 100 handlaid and flextrack
Scenery: plaster gauze over cardboard strips
Backdrop: painted wallboard
Control: Digitrax DCC

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