How To Track Plan Database Sir Rod Stewart’s Grand Street & Three Rivers RR in HO scale

Sir Rod Stewart’s Grand Street & Three Rivers RR in HO scale

By Mitch Horner | November 11, 2024

The rocker's HO scale masterpiece is now up and running in England

Facts and features

Name: Grand Street & Three Rivers RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: Layout: 27′-6″ x 62′-0″, Room: 31′-6″ x 66′-0″
Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RR
Locale: Chicago/New York City
Era: mid-1940s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 900 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: No. 8
Maximum grade: 3.5%
Benchwork: box grid
Height: 39″ (main line), 51″ (El), 52″ (viaduct loop), and 56″ (upper cement loop)
Roadbed: cork
Track: code 83 fl extrack
Scenery: plaster on extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: hand-painted on drywall
Control: Fleischmann Z21 DCC with computer control