Name: Rio Grande Summit Line
Layout owner: John Mellowes
Scale: HOn3
Size: 49′-6″ x 80′-21⁄2″
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Denver & Rio Grande Western
Locale: Southwestern Colorado
Era: 1940
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 420 feet
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 42″ to 60″
Roadbed: cork
Track: Shinohara code 70
Scenery: hardshell
Backdrop: photo backdrops
Control: NCE Digital Command
This track plan originally appeared in the August 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the track plan.
