Name: SP’s Shasta Division
Layout designer: Byron Henderson
Layout owner: Richard Kelliher
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 21 x 37 feet
Prototype: Southern Pacific, McCloud River RR
Locale: northern California
Era: 1950s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 210 feet (visible)
Minimum radius: 31″ (main), 24″ (industrial)
Minimum turnout: no. 7 (main), no. 6 (yards/industries)
Maximum grade: 2.1 percent
Train length: 14 to 21 feet
Benchwork: open-grid, wall brackets
Height: 46″ to 62″
Roadbed: cork
Track: flextrack, jig-built turnouts
Scenery: to be determined
Control: DCC
This track plan originally appeared in Model Railroad Planning 2018. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.