How To Track Plan Database The HO scale Norfolk Southern Salem Division

The HO scale Norfolk Southern Salem Division

By Mitch Horner | July 7, 2023

The Norfolk Southern Salem Division layout is modeled after Salem, Virginia in the summer of 1991

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Facts & features

Name: Norfolk Southern Salem Division
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 15 x 34 feet
Prototype: Norfolk Southern
Locale: Salem, Va.
Era: summer 1991
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 80 feet
Minimum radius: 22″ (branch), 25″ (main)
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: 1.5%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 40″ to 46″
Roadbed: cork
Track: Atlas code 83 flextrack with Peco and Shinohara turnouts
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board and Woodland Scenics Shaper Sheet
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard
Control: Digitrax DCS210

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