Name: Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry.
Layout owner: Ron Hale
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Layout size: 22′-6″ x 38′-6″
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Southern Ry. and Western Maryland Ry.
Locale: Appalachian Mountains from Blue Ridge, N.C., to Allegany, Md.
Era: 1952
Mainline run: 173 feet
Minimum radius: 32″ (main), 28″ (branch)
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2.3 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 52″ to 57″
Roadbed: cork on Homasote
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: Sculptamold and plaster cloth over screen wire
Backdrop: photos on drywall
Control: Digitrax DCC
This track plan originally appeared in the November 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the track plan.
