HO scale Denver & Rio Grande Western

Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western
Layout owner: Ed Miller
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 25′-6″ x 41′-6″
Prototype: D&RGW
Locale: Colorado and Utah
Era: steam-to-diesel transition
Style: around the walls with peninsulas
Mainline run: 461 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 36″ to 49′-6″
Roadbed: cork
Track: codes 70 and 83 flextrack
Scenery: towels dipped in plaster over screen
Backdrop: painted on walls
Control: Digitrax Empire Builder Digital Command Control

This track plan originally appeared in the February 2017 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.