Facts and features
Name: Milwaukee, Racine & Troy
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 28′-3″ x 54′-9″
Prototype: freelanced bridge line
Locale: southeastern Wisconsin
Era: 1980s and 1990s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: approximately 200 feet
Minimum radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: No. 6 (main), No. 4 (spurs)
Maximum grade: 3% eastbound, 1.5% westbound (5.5% on ramp)
Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid
Height: 493∕4” to 671∕2“
Roadbed: cork on 3∕4” plywood
Track: code 83 fl extrack
Scenery: plaster over cardboard webbing and Sculptamold over extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard, photos at Milwaukee Harbor and Port Marquette Yard
Control: CVP and NCE Digital Command Control (MR&T), Model Rectifier Corp. DCC (Wisconsin & Southern)
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 28′-3″ x 54′-9″
Prototype: freelanced bridge line
Locale: southeastern Wisconsin
Era: 1980s and 1990s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: approximately 200 feet
Minimum radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: No. 6 (main), No. 4 (spurs)
Maximum grade: 3% eastbound, 1.5% westbound (5.5% on ramp)
Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid
Height: 493∕4” to 671∕2“
Roadbed: cork on 3∕4” plywood
Track: code 83 fl extrack
Scenery: plaster over cardboard webbing and Sculptamold over extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard, photos at Milwaukee Harbor and Port Marquette Yard
Control: CVP and NCE Digital Command Control (MR&T), Model Rectifier Corp. DCC (Wisconsin & Southern)
For those of us who are sad about the loss of this fine layout just remember all the inspirations and ideas this tremendous railroad has brought to us over the years. many thanks to all those at Kalmbach who made this happen.