HO scale East Bluff Terminal RR

The layout at a glance
Name: East Bluff Terminal RR
Layout owner: Joe Visintine
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 14′-6″ x 42′-6″ plus 1′-5″ x 32′-0″ staging yard
Prototype: freelance
Locale: along the Mississippi River bluffs south of East St. Louis, Ill.
Era: 1971
Style: along the walls
Mainline run: 110 feet
Minimum radius: 34″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (staging)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 52″ to 56″
Roadbed: cork over plywood
Track: Micro Engineering code 83 (visible), Atlas code 100 with Peco turnouts (staging)
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board, cardboard lattice with plaster cloth, ceiling tiles, and Sculptamold
Backdrop: painted on tempered hardboard and drywall
Control: NCE Digital Command Control with wireless throttles

The original track plan appeared in the May 2020 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this by clicking here.