Name: Georgia Great Southern
Layout owner: Joe Gelmini
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 18 x 60 feet
Prototype: Southern Ry.
Locale: Atlanta, Ga. to Mobile, Ala.
Era: mid 1950s to 1970
Mainline run: 400 feet
Minimum radius: 20″
Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards and sidings)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid, L girder, and plywood on shelf brackets
Height: 53″
Roadbed: cork and foam
Track: Atlas code 80 and Micro-Engineering code 55 flextrack
Scenery: plaster gauze hardshell
Backdrop: painted on walls and vinyl flooring, with some photo cutouts
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the May 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the track plan.
