| Last updated on January 18, 2021
This track plan was originally published in the March 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a copy of the track plan.
Name: Virginia & Southern RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 4 x 8 feet
Theme: Main line coal hauling
Locale: Appalachian mountains
Era: 1950s
Style: island
Mainline run: 19 feet (double-tracked)
Minimum radius: 18″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: 3 percent
This track plan was originally published in the March 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a copy of the track plan.
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I like the 2 track loop because I think it goes well with a simple DCC setup.
The numbers refer to the inches of track elevation above the zero point.
As for the turnout numbers and manufacturers, we don't have that information, because this is just a track plan; it was never actually built. Which turnouts you use depends on what's available from your choice of manufacturers. Building this, or any, track plan as drawn may require mixing and matching track parts from different manufacturers, modifying the length of turnouts to fit, or moving them slightly from their positions as drawn, depending on the actual turnouts' physical dimensions and geometry.
on the Virginia & Southern RR layout what do the 2", 3", 6" mean? Can you identify the turnout numbers and manufacturers of such?.