Track plan at a glance
Name: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 20 x 22 feet
Prototype: Raton Pass on the First District of the Santa Fe’s New Mexico Division
Period: summer 1950
Style: linear walkaround
Mainline run: 202 feet (120 feet visible; 92 feet hidden including helix)
Minimum radius: 21″ visible; 18″ hidden
Minimum turnouts: no. 6 in Raton yard, nos. 7 to 10 elsewhere
Maximum grade: 2.4 percent
Originally appeared in the November 1999 issue of Model Railroader.
Name: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 20 x 22 feet
Prototype: Raton Pass on the First District of the Santa Fe’s New Mexico Division
Period: summer 1950
Style: linear walkaround
Mainline run: 202 feet (120 feet visible; 92 feet hidden including helix)
Minimum radius: 21″ visible; 18″ hidden
Minimum turnouts: no. 6 in Raton yard, nos. 7 to 10 elsewhere
Maximum grade: 2.4 percent
Originally appeared in the November 1999 issue of Model Railroader.
