The layout at a glance
Name: Piermont Division
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 60 x 70 feet
Theme: freelanced
Locale: Pennsylvania, New York State, northwestern New Jersey
Era: early 1950s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: more than 1,400 feet
Minimum radius: 38″
Minimum turnout: no. 10 (main and sidings), no. 8 (yards)
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent (main), 4 percent (mine branch)
Benchwork: open-grid
Height: 54″ median
Roadbed: Homasote over spline
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: glueshell
Backdrop: painted 1⁄8″ tempered hardboard
Control: NCE Digital Command Control
Name: Piermont Division
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 60 x 70 feet
Theme: freelanced
Locale: Pennsylvania, New York State, northwestern New Jersey
Era: early 1950s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: more than 1,400 feet
Minimum radius: 38″
Minimum turnout: no. 10 (main and sidings), no. 8 (yards)
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent (main), 4 percent (mine branch)
Benchwork: open-grid
Height: 54″ median
Roadbed: Homasote over spline
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: glueshell
Backdrop: painted 1⁄8″ tempered hardboard
Control: NCE Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the February 2020 Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this by clicking here.
