Name: Santa Fe Eastern
Layout owner: Les Illes
Scale: HO
Size: 25 x 35 feet
Prototype: Santa Fe (BNSF Ry.) and Southern Pacific (Union Pacific)
Locale: Cajon Pass in California
Era: 1940s to present
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 600 feet in three lines
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 43″ to 58″
Roadbed: 1/2″ plywood, Homasote, and cork
Track: Micro Engineering code 83
Scenery: Hydrocal hardshell
Backdrop: hand-painted on walls
Control: Digitrax DCC with wireless throttles
This track plan originally appeared in the January 2017 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
