Name: Baltimore & Ohio RR, Pittsburgh Division, P&W Subdivision
Layout owner: John Babcock
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 19′-6″ x 23′-3″
Prototype: Baltimore & Ohio
Locale: western Pennsylvania
Era: 1966
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 125 feet (double-track main line)
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: 3 percent
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 42″ to 48″
Roadbed: Homabed
Track: codes 83 and 100 flextrack
Scenery: sculpted extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard
Control: MRC Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the September 2018 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
I would like to see pictures of the scenery on this layout. I am building it from the track database, but having difficulty picturing some of the scenery. Who can I contact to get some photos?