Name: Oakland, Antioch, & Eastern Ry.
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Room size: 10′-6″ x 19′-0″
Prototype: Sacramento Northern Ry.
Locale: San Francisco Bay area, California
Era: Late 1940s to early 1960s
Style: shelf with central peninsula
Mainline run: 108 feet
Minimum radius: 18″
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of Model Railroader.
I would like to see more plans that incorporate a Y junction, with all 3 legs of the wye operational for through traffic. The prototype I would like to model had a combination Harvey House and depot within the wye. Each leg led to a major destination city, with industries along the way. Working that into an operational layout (trying to avoid a stub-end leg) has proven to be a challenge. This plan offers possibilities.