Name: Cornbelt Northern RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 30 x 54 feet
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Chicago & North Western, Great Northern, and Milwaukee Road
Locale: upper Midwest
Era: early 1950s
Style: around the walls
Mainline run: 215 feet
Minimum radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Height: 51″ to 57″
Roadbed: cork
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: plaster cloth over chicken wire
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard
Control: Lenz DCC
The track plan initially appeared in the July 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
