Track plan at a glance
Name: Southern Pacific Bakersfield subdivisions
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 9 x 30½ feet
Prototype: Southern Pacific’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains (Santa Fe has trackage rights)
Theme: heavy freight and passenger mountain crossing
Period: 1950s to present
Style: around the walls and peninsula
Minimum radius: 21″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 elsewhere
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.
Name: Southern Pacific Bakersfield subdivisions
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 9 x 30½ feet
Prototype: Southern Pacific’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains (Santa Fe has trackage rights)
Theme: heavy freight and passenger mountain crossing
Period: 1950s to present
Style: around the walls and peninsula
Minimum radius: 21″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 elsewhere
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.
