Name: Dutchess & Hudson Valley RR
Layout owner: Robert Seckler
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 30 x 33 feet
Prototype: Delaware & Hudson
Locale: New England
Era: 1950-1977
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 268 feet
Minimum radius: 22″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 44″ to 54″
Roadbed: cork on 1⁄2″ plywood
Track: Atlas code 100 flextrack with Atlas and Peco turnouts
Scenery: plaster cloth, extruded-foam insulation board, Sculptamold
Backdrop: commercial backdrops and painted clouds on wallboard
Control: NCE Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the December 2017 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
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