Name: Western North Carolina RR
Layout owner: Northern Virginia Model Railroaders club
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 21 x 50 feet
Prototype: Southern Ry.
Locale: North Carolina
Era: summer 1957
Style: walk-in with duckunders
Mainline run: 468 feet
Minimum radius: 32″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (yard)
Maximum grade: 3.75 percent
Benchwork: wood composite beams
Height: 40″ to 94″ (from viewing platform), 76″ to 130″ (from floor)
Roadbed: Homasote on particle board
Track: handlaid code 83 (main), code 70 (branch and yards); code 100 flextrack (hidden track)
Scenery: Hydrocal over wire screen, rock castings and ground foam
Backdrop: hand-painted on the walls
Layout owner: Northern Virginia Model Railroaders club
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 21 x 50 feet
Prototype: Southern Ry.
Locale: North Carolina
Era: summer 1957
Style: walk-in with duckunders
Mainline run: 468 feet
Minimum radius: 32″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (yard)
Maximum grade: 3.75 percent
Benchwork: wood composite beams
Height: 40″ to 94″ (from viewing platform), 76″ to 130″ (from floor)
Roadbed: Homasote on particle board
Track: handlaid code 83 (main), code 70 (branch and yards); code 100 flextrack (hidden track)
Scenery: Hydrocal over wire screen, rock castings and ground foam
Backdrop: hand-painted on the walls
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control
This track plan was originally published in the February 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a copy of the track plan.
