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The layout at a glance
Name: Wingate
Layout designer: Tony Koester
Scale: O (1:48)
Size: 30″ x 16′-0″ plus optional 30″ x 8′-0″ extension
Prototype: Nickel Plate Road
Locale: Wingate, Ind.
Era: 1954
Style: portable tabletop
Mainline run: 16 feet
Minimum radius: none
Minimum turnout: no. 7
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: extruded-foam insulation board and aluminum channel
Height: variable
Roadbed: Homabed
Track: handlaid, codes 100 and 125 rail
Scenery: 1⁄2″ and 3⁄4″ foam panels
Backdrop: photos on 1⁄8″ Sintra sheets
Control: NCE Digital Command Control
This track plan originally appeared in the January 2020 Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this by clicking here.
