Name: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Brookfield Division
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 26 x 36 feet
Prototype: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR
Locale: Missouri and Illinois
Era: 1953
Style: linear walkaround
Mainline run: 200 feet
Minimum radius: 36″ main line, 30″ branch line
Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), no.4 (spurs)
Maximum grade: 1½ percent
Originally appeared in the January 2010 issue of Model Railroader.
Longtime reader of MR and former hobbyist. This is my favorite track plan. I keep coming back to it. It shows operational organization and is especially nice with the two branch lines.