Name: Baltimore & Ohio Ridgley Division
Layout owner: Dale Ridgeway
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 18 x 20 feet
Prototype: inspired by the B&O, Pennsylvania RR, Norfolk & Western
Locale: central West Virginia
Era: 1964 to 1967
Style: multilevel, walk in
Mainline run: 175 feet
Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 18″ (balloon track at D. Lee Coal Co.)
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2.75 percent
Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid on 12″ centers
Height: 52″ to 56″ (41″ staging level)
Roadbed: cork
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: plaster gauze over extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: painted 1⁄2″ drywall
Control: NCE DCC and CTI Electronics Train Brain module
This track plan originally appeared in the March 2017 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
