How To Track Plan Database HO scale CSX Philadelphia Subdivision

HO scale CSX Philadelphia Subdivision

By Angela Cotey | August 19, 2019

| Last updated on January 18, 2021


Download this track plan from the October 2019 issue of Model Railroader

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Name: CSX Philadelphia Subdivision
Layout owner: Bruce Friedman
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 42 x 56 feet
Prototype: CSX
Locale: Philadelphia to Baltimore
Era: modern day
Style: multi-deck walkaround
Mainline run: 1,000 feet
Minimum radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2.25 percent (helix)
Benchwork: L-girder (lower level); 2″ extruded-foam insulation board on brackets (upper level)
Height: staging, 22″; East Penn RR, 33″; lower level, 45″; and upper level, 60″
Roadbed: Homabed and cork
Track: Atlas code 83 and Micro Engineering code 70
Scenery: carved 2″-thick extruded foam insulation board with various textures
Backdrop: painted on walls and photos

Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control

This track plan originally appeared in the October 2019 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of this track plan.

One thought on “HO scale CSX Philadelphia Subdivision

  1. so its a great layout but i found out that there are 4 levels for this layout. Why did you show all four? Trying to remodeling this layout into Trainz and for it to be 100% as the layout is completely impossible when you leave out two very important parts of the layout. The only reason i know this cause i watched a video of the layout on youtube. MMR what are you trying to do here?

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