HO scale Tar Branch

HO scale Tar Branch

By Angela Cotey | November 21, 2017

| Last updated on January 18, 2021


Download this track plan from the January 2018 Model Railroader

HOscaleWinstonSalemSouthboundTarBranch
Name: The Tar Branch
Size: 2′-9″ x 8′-2″
Prototype: Winston-Salem Southbound Ry.
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Era: mid-to-late 1950s
Style: shelf
Minimum radius: 20″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 46″
Roadbed: milled Homasote on ½” plywood
Track: handlaid code 83
Scenery: Sculptamold on extruded-foam insulation board and plywood
Backdrop: building photographs with handpainted cloud sky
Control: NCE Digital Command Control
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