Name: Pacific Coast Lines
Layout owner: Steve Mahan
Scale: HO (1:87.1), HOn3 (1:87.1, 3-foot gauge)
Size: 42 x 57 feet
Prototypes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; Western Pacific; Denver & Rio Grande Western
Locale: Southern California
Era: 1952-1960
Style: multi-deck walk-in
Mainline run: 1,600 feet
Minimum radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: 1 x 3 open grid on steel tube frame
Height: 35″ to 71″
Roadbed: cork
Track: Atlas and Shinohara code 83 flextrack
Scenery: Sculptamold over cardboard web
Backdrop: hand-painted on tempered hardboard
Control: NCE Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
