Name: Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Layout owner: David Kampsnider
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 26 x 30 feet
Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.
Locale: Oklahoma
Era: 1951
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 100 feet
Minimum radius: 34″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (spurs)
Maximum grade: 1 percent (main),2.2 percent (helix)
Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid
Height: 51″ to 55″ (main); 36″ (staging)
Roadbed: cork
Track: flextrack (code 83 on main and code 100 for staging)
Scenery: plaster over extruded-foam insulation board and wire screen
Backdrop: pattern felt over tempered hardboard
Control: CVP Railcommand
This track plan originally appeared in the November 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the track plan.
