Name: Southern Ry. RatholeDivision
Layout designer: Bob Lawson
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 32 x 52 feet
Prototype: Southern Ry. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Division
Locale: Cincinnati, central Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee
Era: 1945 to early 1950s
Style: around-the-walls with attached center island
Mainline run: 200 feet (Southern)
Minimum radius: 48″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent
Originally appeared in the August 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
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