Name: Pennsylvania RR Pittsburgh Division
Layout owner: Dave Johnson
Scale: HO (1:187.1)
Size: 33′-8″ x 37′-4″
Prototype: Pennsylvania RR
Locale: Pittsburgh to Harrisburg, Pa.
Period: 1952
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 235 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 28″ (yard lead)
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (yard)
Maximum grade: 1.75 percent
Benchwork: L-girder and open grid
Height: 50″ to 60″
Roadbed: cork (main), Homasote sheet (yards)
Track: code 83 and 100 flex track
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board and plaster cloth
Backdrop: prototype photos
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2017. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
