How To Track Plan Database HO scale B&O Paquettin Division

HO scale B&O Paquettin Division

By Angela Cotey | May 22, 2018

| Last updated on January 18, 2021

Download this track plan from the July 2018 Model Railroader

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Name: B&O Paquettin Division (updated 2018)
Layout owner: Mike Tricker
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 16′-6″ x 16′-6″
Prototype: inspired by Baltimore & Ohio
Locale: Appalachia to New Jersey
Style: partial mushroom
Era: early to mid-1950s
Mainline run: 78 feet (excluding helix)
Minimum radius: 18″, 15″(waterfront)
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (waterfront)
Maximum grade: 2 percent (main)
Benchwork: L-girder and open-grid
Height:
36″ to 86″
Roadbed: Woodland Scenics Track-Bed
Track: Peco code 83
Scenery: Plaster cloth over cardboard
Backdrop:
painted tempered hardboard and MDF
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control

This track plan originally appeared in the July 2018 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.

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