Name: Missabe Junction Ry. (2018)
Layout owner: Steve Miazga
Scale: N (160:1)
Size: 18 x 22 feet
Prototypes: Soo Line; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range; Wisconsin Central/Fox River Valley; Canadian National; and Missabe Junction Ry.
Locale: north-central Wisconsin
Era: 1960 to 1990
Style: island walk-in
Mainline run: 150 feet
Minimum radius: 15″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 Atlas and Peco medium radius
Maximum grade: 4 percent
Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid sections with extruded-foam insulation board surface
Height: 45″ to 50″
Roadbed: Woodland Scenics Trackbed
Track: code 80 Atlas and Peco flextrack
Scenery: Sculptamold on extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: 1⁄8″ tempered hardboard
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the September 2018 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
I’m looking for a decent-sized layout to build, and this one looks like it would be a great starting point. But how in the world would you wire it for DCC? So many loopbacks, wyes, and junctions. Does anyone have a clue? Is there anyone I could pay to draw a wiring diagram for me?