The layout at a glance
Name: Midwest & Southern Atlantic RR
Layout owner: Dale Martell
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 8 x 22 feet
Theme: freelanced
Locale: Midwest to western North Carolina
Era: 1954
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 78 feet
Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 18″ (sidings)
Minimum turnout: Peco small radius
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent
Benchwork: tabletop and cookie cutter
Height: 44″ to 46″
Roadbed: cork and Homasote
Track: Atlas code 100 flextrack
Scenery: carved extruded-foam insulation board covered with plaster cloth
Backdrop: 1/8″ tempered hardboard
Control: Digitax Zephyr Digital Command Control
