Track plan at a glance
Name: West Virginia Northern
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 16′-8″ x 20’8″ with 11′-0″ x 2′-0″ and 4′-0″ x 11’0″ off-layout staging
Theme: freelance, based on the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.
Period: summer 1952
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 126 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (main line)
Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main line), no. 5 (yard), and no. 4 (coal mine)
Maximum grade: 1.8 percent
Originally appeared in the June 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan
Name: West Virginia Northern
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 16′-8″ x 20’8″ with 11′-0″ x 2′-0″ and 4′-0″ x 11’0″ off-layout staging
Theme: freelance, based on the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.
Period: summer 1952
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 126 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (main line)
Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main line), no. 5 (yard), and no. 4 (coal mine)
Maximum grade: 1.8 percent
Originally appeared in the June 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan
