Name: British Railways
Layout owner: Chris White
Scale: OO (1:76 on HO gauge track)
Size: 15′-0″ x 19′-6″, plus 6′-0″ x 13′-0″ staging in adjacent room
Prototype: British Railways – Southern Region
Locale: southern England
Era: 1960
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 120 feet
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: Peco large radius (main), small and medium radius (yards and industries)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: 2 x 4 open grid
Height: 45″ to 50″
Roadbed: Homasote
Track: Peco code 100 flextrack
Scenery: plywood supports with aluminum mesh covered with plaster cloth
Backdrop: Upson board with painted sky and clouds
Control: NCE DCC with radio throttles
This track plan originally appeared in the May 2018 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
