Facts and features
Name: Youngstown Model Railroad Association
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 24 x 47 feet
Prototype: freelance
Locale: northeast Ohio
Era: 1950 to present
Mainline run: 200 feet (double-track outer main), 125 feet (single-track inner main)
Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 22″ (industrial areas)
Minimum turnout: No. 8 (main), No. 6 (yards), No. 4 (industrial park/steel mill)
Maximum grade: 2%
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 43″ to 60″
Roadbed: Homasote on 3∕4″ plywood
Track: Atlas code 100 fl extrack
Scenery: hardshell, some foam board
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard
Control: direct-current cab control
