Name: Great Midwestern RR
Layout owner: Pete Walton
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 36′-6″ x 63′-0″
Prototype: freelance
Locale: generic Midwest, based on northwest Illinois
Era: 1950s
Style: around the walls
Mainline Run: 600 feet
Minimum Radius: 27″ (yard), 31″ (main)
Minimum Turnout: no. 4 (yard), no. 8 (main)
Maximum Grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 42″ to 55″
Roadbed: cork
Track: Atlas code 100
Scenery: various methods
Backdrop: painted sky plus city scene photographs
Control: Digitrax Super Chief DCC with wireless throttles
This track plan originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2018. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.