Name: Granite Falls Ethanol RR
Layout owner: Rolf Malmborg
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 13 x 24 feet
Prototype: BNSF Ry., Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Canadian Pacific
Locale: Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana
Era: 2013
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 180 feet
Minimum radius: 22″
Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (staging and industry sidings)
Maximum grade: 2.5 percent
Benchwork: L-girder with plywood tabletop
Height: 54″ to 59″
Roadbed: cork on foam camper tape
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: papier-mache over extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: hand-painted tempered hardboard
Control: direct-current block control
This track plan originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2018. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
