Track plan at a glance
Name: Durlin Branch
Scale: On3 (1:48, three-foot narrow gauge)
Size: 18′-6″ x 27′-6″
Prototype: free-lanced D&RGW branch line
Period: 1930s rolling stock, 1980s scenery, and 1920s operating pattern
Style: walkaround, partial double deck
Mainline run: 166 feet
Minimum radii: 40″ main line and sidings, 36″ on two spurs
Minimum turnout: no. 6, handlaid to fit
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Name: Durlin Branch
Scale: On3 (1:48, three-foot narrow gauge)
Size: 18′-6″ x 27′-6″
Prototype: free-lanced D&RGW branch line
Period: 1930s rolling stock, 1980s scenery, and 1920s operating pattern
Style: walkaround, partial double deck
Mainline run: 166 feet
Minimum radii: 40″ main line and sidings, 36″ on two spurs
Minimum turnout: no. 6, handlaid to fit
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Originally appeared in the May 2000 issue of Model Railroader.
