Name: Arcadia & Betsey River Ry.
Layout owner: Harley “Skip” Luyk
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 14 x 28 feet
Prototype: freelanced logging line
Locale: Pacific Northwest
Era: 1910 to 1957
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 74 feet (main), 87 feet (branch line)
Minimum radius: 22″
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Benchwork: mix of open frame, modified L girder, and composite panels
Height: 35″ to 54″
Roadbed: extruded-foam insulation board
Track: code 70 and 55 Micro Engineering flextrack with handlaid turnouts
Scenery: Homasote over plaster cloth
Backdrop: hand-painted on drywall
Control: NCE Digital Command Control with wireless throttles
This track plan originally appeared in the August 2018 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
