| Last updated on January 19, 2021
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Name: Rice Harbor
Layout designer: David Popp
Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 5 x 8 feet, plus a 9″ x 40″ folding carfloat extension
Prototype: freelanced short line
Locale: coastal South Carolina
Era: 1930s
Style: island, portable
Mainline run: 18 feet
Minimum radius: 18″
Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), Atlas 18″ radius Snap-Switch (spurs)
Maximum grade: none
Originally appeared in the January 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
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Why exactly do you build layouts and have structure upgrades on model structures that are discontinued'
This is a good looking layout. I am planning a N scale layout and Rice Harbor would be awesome to use on my layout. I would change a couple things on it myself, but well done on this layout.
Cool layout , love the waterfront.
It appears to be a 4×8 with a "bump out" where the track/bridge cross the entrance into the harbor. That extra bulge on the side is about 12 inches wide. If you click on the pdf and expand the size, you will see the 12 inch lines showing you the width. The car ferry section is 9 inches wide and 40 inches long.
Great to see such a versitile, re-configurable ( with one configuration being continuous run), smaller layout. Always liked your small project layouts, going back to the 50's. Keep up the good work.
OK. Is it 4X8 or 5X8