How To Large Scale Layouts The Miller Creek & Moss Rock Garden Railway

The Miller Creek & Moss Rock Garden Railway

By Angela Cotey | January 20, 2009

| Last updated on January 20, 2021

A creative half-inch-scale line in a small backyard

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Miller Creek & Moss Rock Railway

The MC&MRRy. at a glance

Name: Miller Creek & Moss Rock Railway
Size of railroad: 30′ x 40′, approximately
Scale: 1:24
Gauge: 45mm (no. 1)
Era: Pre-WWII
Theme: Freelance Colorado narrow-gauge branch line
Age: 6 years
Motive power: NiMH-battery-operated Delton Consolidation
Length of mainline: 130′, (approximately)
Maximum gradient: 3.5%
Type of track: Micro Engineering, code 250 nickel-silver rail strung on ME ties, BK #4 turnouts on cedar ties
Minimum radius: 41/2′
Structures: All scratchbuilt
Control system: RCS remote control, Soundtraxx Sierra sound

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