This is a freelance layout based on a short line of the Southern RR that used to service my home town of Tell City in southern Indiana. It is set in the early transition era with industry and businesses being modeled on actual memories from my childhood and stories from my parents. It contains a main level and a lower level that is designed as a switching layout to service industries from that time period.
Scale / Gauge
HO
Size of Layout
16 feet by 8 feet
Prototype
This is a freelance layout based on a short line of the Southern that used to service two small towns in southern Indiana.
Location Modeled
The layout is set in southern Indiana around my home town of Tell City, Indiana.
Era
Transition era. Scenery and building are modeled after actual memories of industries and locations from my childhood.
Style of Track Plan
Oval
Length of Main Line
48'
Layout Height
Upper is 45 inches, lower switching layout is 18 inches"
Benchwork
Wood frame deck
Roadbed Material
Cork
Track Manufacturer
Peco
Turnouts
Peco
Minimum Main Line Radius
15"
Maximum Grade
1 %
Scenery Techniques
Combination of foamboard, scuptamold, and plaster-gauze.
% Scenery Complete
20 %
Backdrop
None
Control System
DCC - Digitrax
Car Forwarding System
None
Direction Comment
Visitors will enter through the front door of the home and then down a stairway to the basement.
Wheelchair Accessible
ADA Comments
This layout is in the basement of the house so steps are needed to access this level of the home.
