HO scale Grand Junction RR from the February 2015 Model Railroader
Name: Grand Junction RR
Layout designer: Rolf Malmborg
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 13 x 24 feet
Prototype: Union Pacific and Southern Pacific along the former Denver & Rio Grande Western
Locale: western Colorado and eastern Utah
Era: 2006
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 160 feet
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (industry sidings)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: L-girder with plywood tabletop
Height: 54″ to 59″
Roadbed: cork
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: papier-mache over extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: tempered hardboard
Control: direct-current block control
The track plan originally appeared in the February 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
