Name: Conrail Shared Assets, Detroit North Yard Branch
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 26 x 42 feet
Prototype: Conrail Shared Assets
Locale: Detroit, Michigan
Era: modern (2005)
Style: double-deck walkaround
Mainline run: 230 feet
Minimum radius: 28″ (main), 24″ (industry)
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no.5 (industry)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 42″ (lower deck), 60″ (upper)
Roadbed: cork on 3⁄4″ plywood
Track: Atlas code 83 (main and yard), Peco code 75 elsewhere
Scenery: play sand with Woodland Scenics ground foam and Heki foliage
Backdrop: photographs
Control: NCE Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2016. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
The Detroit North Yard Branch in HO scale as presented here is a great concept and track plan. It looks like it will provide a high array of operational possibilities along with its interesting take on the prototype. I hadn't planned on buying Great Model Railroads 2016, but this may convince me otherwise. Here's hoping for more on this layout in future Model Railroader publications.