Name: H&R Steel Co.
Layout owner: Mike Rabbitt
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 18 x 33 feet
Theme: integrated steel mill
Locale: Midwest United States
Era: steam-to-diesel transition era
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 135 feet
Minimum radius: 30” (main), 12″ (mill)
Minimum turnout: no. 3 (in mill)
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 46″
Roadbed: Homasote
Track: code 100 (flextrack and handlaid)
Scenery: plaster shell
Backdrop: painted wallboard
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.