Name: Chicago Belt Lines
Layout designer: Clifton Linton and Steven Cox
Scale: N scale
Size: 8′-6″ x 23′-6″
Prototypes: Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal, Belt Railway Co. of Chicago
Locale: Chicago
Era: 1970s
Style: around the walls
Mainline run: 44 feet (B&OCT), 21 feet (BRC)
Minimum radius: 11″
Minimum turnout: Peco short
Turnout control: Manual throws
Maximum grade: 5 percent (Donaldson Printing switchback)
Originally appeared in the November 2012 issue of Model Railroader.
