Name: Carol Valley RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 12′-9″ x 18′-6″
Prototype: freelanced subsidiary of Baltimore & Ohio
Locale: West Virginia
Era: early 1950s
Style: around the walls with dropdown
Mainline run: 70 feet point-to-point, 98 feet with continuous run
Minimum radius: 20″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: open grid, L-girder, cookie cutter
Height: 43″ to 49″
Roadbed: Homasote and cork on plywood
Track: Atlas code 83 flextrack, code 100 flextrack in hidden areas
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board, cardboard strips with plaster cloth
Backdrop: tempered hardboard painted blue with clouds painted on
Control: Lenz DCC
The track plan initially appeared in the July 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
