Name: Cedar River & Iowa Central Ry., “the Crandic Route”
Layout designer: Patrick G. Lana
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 18 x 31 feet
Theme: proto-freelanced based on Midwestern railroads
Locale: Iowa and Missouri
Era: August 10, 1968
Style: linear walkaround island
Mainline run: 148 feet
Minimum radius: 24″ on mainline, 18″ on secondary tracks, 12″ on industrial tracks
Minimum turnout: Peco large radius (main), medium radius (secondary), small radius (industrial)
Maximum grade: .75 percent (2 percent secondary and industrial)
Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2013.