Name: Fairhope & Northern RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 14 x 22 feet
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by New York, New Haven & Hartford
Locale: New England
Era: 1950s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 84 feet
Minimum radius: 26″ (visible track), 22″ (hidden track)
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: 3 percent
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 40″ to 45″
Roadbed: cork over Homasote
Track: code 83 (visible) and code 100 (hidden) flextrack
Scenery: plaster over cardboard strips and extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard
Control: Model Rectifier Corp. Digital Command Control
This track plan was originally published in the December 2015 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a copy of the track plan.
