Name: Rio Grande Southern, Western Division
Layout owner: Roy Allan
Scale: Fn3 (1:20.3, 36″ gauge)
Size: 26′-6″ x 36′-3″
Prototype: Rio Grande Southern
Locale: southwestern Colorado
Era: 1937 to 1942
Style: island
Mainline run: 200 feet
Minimum radius: 60″ (main), 51″ (sidings)
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 371⁄2″ to 62″
Roadbed: Homabed
Track: Micro Engineering code 250 flextrack with Llamas Creek turnouts
Scenery: Extruded-foam insulation board and ceiling tiles
Backdrop: 1/8″ tempered hardboard
Control: CVP AirWire T-5000 and T-9000 throttles running onboard battery-powered wireless controllers
This track plan originally appeared in the November 2019 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
