Name: Gulf, Illinois & Rocky Mountains RR
Layout owner: John-Baptiste Merillot
Scale: Z (1:220)
Size: 7 x 15 feet
Prototype: none; includes locomotives from Union Pacific, CSX, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, among others
Locale: Northwestern United States
Era: late 1960s to present
Style: walk-in, U-shaped
Mainline run: 95 feet
Total track: 188 feet
Minimum radius: 8″
Maximum radius: 14″
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: 3.8 percent
Benchwork: open grid supported on detachable legs
Roadbed: cork
Track: handlaid using Micro Engineering code 40 rail on wood ties
Height: 39″to 43″
Scenery: plaster strips over wadded newspaper
Backdrop: photos printed on aluminum
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the August 2017 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan
