Name: Utah Belt (2018)
Layout owner: Eric Brooman
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 22′-8″ x 39′-6″
Prototype: freelanced
Locale: northern New Mexico
Era: the present
Style: linear walkaround
Mainline run: 173 feet
Minimum radius: 39″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent
Benchwork: L girder
Height: 46″ to 58-1/2″
Roadbed: cork on 3/8″ plywood, with 1/2″ Homasote in yard and flat areas
Track: code 83 flextrack with handlaid turnouts (main line), code 70 (yards and secondary) code 100 (hidden staging)
Scenery: plaster over cardboard web
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard
Control: direct-current cab control
This track plan originally appeared in the December 2018 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
