Track plan at a glance
Name: Southern Pacific Bakersfield subdivisions
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 9 x 30½ feet
Prototype: Southern Pacific’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains (Santa Fe has trackage rights)
Theme: heavy freight and passenger mountain crossing
Period: 1950s to present
Style: around the walls and peninsula
Minimum radius: 21″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 elsewhere
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.
Name: Southern Pacific Bakersfield subdivisions
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 9 x 30½ feet
Prototype: Southern Pacific’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains (Santa Fe has trackage rights)
Theme: heavy freight and passenger mountain crossing
Period: 1950s to present
Style: around the walls and peninsula
Minimum radius: 21″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 elsewhere
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.
Nice plan to work from. I'm planning to make it, with additions. in O Scale. Still developing my final multilevel plan to fit it into a 24'x72' room.
I plan to built Mojavi on a shelf, 24" over Bakersfield. I'll make it single track with loops at the north end of Bakersfield, under Yehachapi (eastbound to westbound track) and the reverse from the southern end of Mojavi around 7' above Caliente (westbound to eastbound track).
Excellent use of a long, narrow space. Plenty of switching, and the peninsulas provide a long main line run with plenty of scenic interest.