How To Track Plan Database The N scale Danforth, Hadley & Northern layout

The N scale Danforth, Hadley & Northern layout

By Mitch Horner | April 4, 2025

You can visit this 38 x 52-foot layout during the 2025 NMRA National Convention

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Facts and features

Name: Danforth, Hadley & Northern
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 38 x 52 feet
Prototype: freelanced, based on Northern Pacific
Locale: central Montana
Era: 1955
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 400 feet
Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 20″ (branch)
Minimum turnout: No. 5 (main), No. 4 (industrial spurs)
Maximum grade: 1.5% (main), 2.25% (branch), and 3% (logging)
Benchwork: L-girder, with Homasote and spline roadbed
Height: 52″ to 62″
Roadbed: cork over 1∕2″ Homasote
Track: code 55 (main) and code 40 (logging) flextrack, with handbuilt turnouts and crossings
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board and Bragdon Enterprises Geodesic Scenery
Backdrop: painted walls and aluminum sheet
Control: NCE Digital CommandControl

The track plan for the N scale Danforth, Hadley and Northern RR layout
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