Name: Western Sierra Lines
Layout owner: Roseville Roundhouse Model RR Club
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 17 x 30 feet
Prototypes: Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
Locale: Central California
Era: mixed
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 200 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 24″ (short line)
Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (yards and industries)
Maximum grade: 2 percent (main), 4 percent (short line)
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 35″ to 53″
Roadbed: cork
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: multiple techniques
Backdrop: painted on the wall
Control: Model Rectifier Corp. Prodigy Wireless Digital Command Control on main layout, switchable DCC and direct current block control on short line
This track plan originally appeared in the December 2019 Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this by clicking here.
