Name: Howard Clark’s model railroad
Layout owner: Howard Clark
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 10′-8″ x 20′-0″
Theme: freelanced urban railroad, inspired by Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, and Nickel Plate Road
Locale: eastern United States
Era: 1950s
Style: multi-level walk-in
Mainline run: approximately 56 feet
Minimum radius: 18″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: 1⁄2″ plywood table top on 2 x 4 L girders
Height: 42″ (two lower level lines), 46″ (upper level line)
Roadbed: Homabed
Track: Atlas code 100 flextrack
Scenery: real dirt, ground foam products, and plaster
Backdrop: clouds and sky painted on drywall
This track plan originally appeared in the May 2019 Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a PDF of the plan.
