Name: Shady Grove & Sherrill
Scale: On30 (1:48 proportion, scale 30″ track gauge)
Size: 24 x 34 feet
Theme: freelanced
Locale: West Virginia
Period: July 1947
Style: linear walkaround
Mainline run: 200 feet
Turnout minimum: no. 6
Maximum grade: 4 percent (main), 7 percent (branch line)
Benchwork: open-grid and L girder
Height: 52″ to 60″
Roadbed: Homasote on 3⁄4″ plywood
Track: Peco code 75, 83, and 100 flextrack
Scenery: plaster gauze on screen or chicken wire
Backdrop: painted on linoleum
Control: Del Tang wireless battery
This track plan originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2016. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.