Name: Milwaukee, Racine & Troy RR
Layout owner: Model Railroader staff
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 28 x 54 feet
Prototype: freelanced bridge line
Locale: Southeastern Wisconsin
Era: 1980s and 1990s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: approx. 200 feet
Minimum radius: 36″ (main)
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 spurs
Maximum grade: 3 percent eastbound, 1.5 percent westbound (5.5 percent downgrade on staging ramp)
Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid
Height: 493⁄4″ to 671⁄2″
Roadbed: cork on 3/4″ plywood
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: plaster over cardboard webbing and Sculptamold over foam
Backdrop: painted hardboard, photo at Milwaukee Harbor and Port Marquette Yard
Control: CVP and NCE DCC (MRC on WSOR)
This track plan originally appeared in the April 2017 Model Railroader. Click the link to download a PDF of the track plan.
Where’s the turntable?
How often do you have operating sessions? Is the general public allowed to experience this magnificent layout?
Thank you for a very entertaining and informative magazine !