Layout

At-A-Glance

• Prototype: New York Central, Boston & Albany Division
• Locale: Worcester, MA area
• Period: Late Fall/Early Winter 1965
• Scale: HO
• Layout Size: 10′ x 23′ (main room) plus a 4′ x 17′ extension
• Benchwork: mix of hollow core doors, open grid and foam supported by brackets
• Roadbed: N-scale cork on Homasote subroadbed
• Track: Micro Engineering code 83 on mainline, code 70 elsewhere; Atlas Code 83 staging
• Turnouts: #6 Micro Engineering, #8 and curved – Central Valley
• Mainline Run: 70′ between staging entrances
• Maximum Grade: none
• Minimum Radius: 30″ mainline (42″ standard); 22″ industrial
• Power & Control: NCE DCC
• Backdrop: Photo backdrop on Masonite
• Scenery: TBD

Layout Plan