Name: Hudson, Delaware & Lehigh
Layout designer: Gary Schaff
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 13′-6″ x 35′-0″
Prototype: Central of New Jersey and Pennsylvania RR
Locale: Jersey City, N.J., to Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Era: early 1950s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: CNJ, 170 feet; PRR, 108 feet
Minimum radius: 27″
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: 3.5 percent
Benchwork: plywood frame with “cookie-cutter” plywood subroadbed
Originally appeared in the August 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
I had looked at this fantastic plan early in the month and was very excited to see it in the magazine.
I have 2 questions?
1. There are two sections of hidden track, one is about 14 feet long and the other 6 feet. How does one get to that track for maintenance and derailments?
2. Is a maximum grade of 3.5 good for HO and N scale?