Facts and features
Name: Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry.
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 27 x 44 feet (in three rooms)
Prototype: original W&LE Ry.
Locale: southeastern Ohio, West Virginia
Era: 1957
Style: linear walkaround
Mainline run: 115 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 24″ (industrial)
Minimum turnout: No. 6 (main), No. 4 (steel mill)
Maximum grade: 1.75%
Benchwork: shelf
Height: 551∕2” to 571∕2“
Roadbed: HO and N scale cork
Track: Atlas code 83 fl extrack; Atlas, Peco, and Walthers turnouts
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board; plaster gauze over screen wire
Backdrop: professional-grade aluminum trim coil
Control: CVP Easy DCC
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 27 x 44 feet (in three rooms)
Prototype: original W&LE Ry.
Locale: southeastern Ohio, West Virginia
Era: 1957
Style: linear walkaround
Mainline run: 115 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 24″ (industrial)
Minimum turnout: No. 6 (main), No. 4 (steel mill)
Maximum grade: 1.75%
Benchwork: shelf
Height: 551∕2” to 571∕2“
Roadbed: HO and N scale cork
Track: Atlas code 83 fl extrack; Atlas, Peco, and Walthers turnouts
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board; plaster gauze over screen wire
Backdrop: professional-grade aluminum trim coil
Control: CVP Easy DCC
