Name: The Sunset Route
Layout owner: Ron Mei
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 58 x 68 feet
Prototype: Southern Pacific; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; and Union Pacific
Locale: southern California and Arizona
Era: 1950s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 733 feet
Minimum radius: 32″
Minimum turnout: no. 10 (main line), no. 6 (yards), no. 5 (industries)
Maximum grade: less than 1 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 43″ (average)
Roadbed: cork
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: plaster hardshell
Backdrop: painted on drywall
This track plan originally appeared in the August 2019 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a PDF of the plan.