Layout Specifications

     
Name:
  RHJ Rail

Scale:

  HO
Size:
  19 x 42 feet (over-all)
Prototype:
  Canadian Pacific, with liberal doses of freelance
Period:
  present, with significant components of preserved and restored equipment
Locale:
  Western Canada
Layout Style:
  around-the-walls with walk-in and double-deck elements
Length of mainline run:
 

double-track mainline with:
- outer mainline: 153.2 feet (2.53 scale miles)
- inner mainline: 151.3 feet (2.50 scale miles)
- historical park mainline: 55 feet (0.73 scale miles)

Total track length:
701.6 feet (11.57 scale miles)
Layout height:
(above floor)
  mainline:
- base: 49 inches
- maximum: 53 inches
subterranean subdivision:
- 41 inches
Benchwork:
  around-the-walls (wall brackets) with peninsula (two legs)
Draped Perimeter:
  72 feet, 6 inches
Viewing area:
  237 sq. ft. (approx.)

Roadbed:

  Woodland Scenics foam HO roadbed

Track:

  code 100 Atlas flex track, Atlas sectional track, Peco turnouts
Number of turnouts:
  65 (all remote control powered)
Turnout minimum:
  no. 6 (main); no. 4 (historical park)
Minimum radius:
  30 inches (main); 22 inches (historical park and subterranean subdivisions)
Maximum grade:
2.0 percent
Scenery:
extruded foam insulation board, plaster cloth, molded foam mountains
Backdrop construction:
16 inch high hardboard with custom printed photo backgrounds
Control:
Digitrax DCC
     

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