HO scale Pennsylvania RR Middle Division from the April 2015 Model Railroader
Name: Pennsylvania RR Middle Division
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 36 x 36 feet
Prototype: Pennsylvania RR
Locale: Harrisburg, Pa.
Era: 1945 to 1950
Style: around the walls
Mainline run: 150 feet
Minimum radius: 36″ (main line), 24″ (branch line)
Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main line), no. 4 (branch line)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Height: 50″ to 54″
Roadbed: Homasote
Track: code 83 (main) and code 70 (branch) flextrack
Scenery: Gatorboard, extruded-foam insulation board, and plaster cloth over cardboard strips
Backdrop: painted wallboard
Control: Lenz Digital Command Control
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 36 x 36 feet
Prototype: Pennsylvania RR
Locale: Harrisburg, Pa.
Era: 1945 to 1950
Style: around the walls
Mainline run: 150 feet
Minimum radius: 36″ (main line), 24″ (branch line)
Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main line), no. 4 (branch line)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Height: 50″ to 54″
Roadbed: Homasote
Track: code 83 (main) and code 70 (branch) flextrack
Scenery: Gatorboard, extruded-foam insulation board, and plaster cloth over cardboard strips
Backdrop: painted wallboard
Control: Lenz Digital Command Control
The track plan originally appeared in the April 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
