Name: Fox Hill & Metuchen RR and Fox Hill Traction Co.
Layout owner: Fred Miller
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 18″ x 11′-8″ plus 9′ x 6′-9″ staging
Theme: Generic steam and urban traction
Locale: Northeastern United States
Era: 1920 to 1930s
Style: shelf
Mainline Run: 12 feet (steam line), 18 feet (traction)
Minimum Radius: 24″ (steam), 61⁄4″ (traction)
Minimum Turnout: No. 4 (steam), 61⁄4″ radius (traction)
Maximum Grade: none
Benchwork: shelf
Height: 60″
Roadbed: cork
Track: code 83 flextrack (steam), handlaid code 100 girder rail (traction)
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board, plaster, and rubber rocks
Backdrop: commercial backdrops mounted on painted .050″ styrene sheet
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control with JMRI Panel Pro automation
This track plan originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2019. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
