Layout owner: Paul Tartaglia
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 12′-6″ x 20′-0″
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the New York Central RR Putnam Division
Locale: southeastern New York State
Era: 1947 to 1965
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 150 feet
Minimum radius: 22″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: 2.5 percent
Benchwork: L-girder and open-grid
Height: 44″ to 56″
Roadbed: cork over plywood
Track: codes 83 and 100 flextrack
Scenery: Plaster cloth and Hydrocal over aluminum screen
Backdrop: painted drywall
Control: NCE Digital Command Control, optional direct-current cab control