Name: The Ironbound (Newark & Elizabethport Connecting RR)
Layout designer: Andy Romano
Scale: O (1:48)
Size: 18 x 21 feet
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Central RR of New Jersey
Locale: the “Ironbound” section of Newark, N.J.
Era: 1955 to 1960
Mainline run: 65 feet
Minimum radius: 60″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Originally appeared in the February 2012 issue of Model Railroader.
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