How To Track Plan Database The Albuquerque Division Third District layout in HO scale

The Albuquerque Division Third District layout in HO scale

By Mitch Horner | February 9, 2024

This 50 x 50 foot layout takes inspiration from Santa Fe, Arizona in 1953

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Facts & features

Name: Albuquerque Division Third District
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 50 x 50 feet
Prototype: Santa Fe
Locale: Arizona
Era: 1953
Style: double deck
Mainline run: 600 feet
Minimum radius: 48″
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: 1%
Benchwork: tabletop on wall brackets
Height: 40″ to 56″
Roadbed: plywood spline and 3⁄4″ plywood plus Homasote
Track: code 83 flextrack (main), code 55 and 70 (elsewhere)
Scenery: Hydrocal
Backdrop: tempered hardboard
Control: CVP Easy DCC

Albuquerque Division Third District: A model layout trackplan

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