Name: Hoosac Valley RR
Layout owner: Dick Elwell
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 32 x 62 feet
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by New York Central and Boston & Albany
Locale: Northeast
Era: 1940s to 1960s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 365 feet
Minimum radius: 42″ (main line)
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (one no. 4 turnout)
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 48″ to 52″
Roadbed: 1⁄4″ x 11⁄4″ pine lattice
Track: flextrack and handlaid; codes 70, 83, and 100
Scenery: Hydrocal over cardboard strips; extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: photos on wall
Control: NCE DCC
This track plan originally appeared in the August 2017 Model Railroader. Click the link to download a PDF of the track plan.
