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How To Track Plan Database The Virginia & Western Tidewater District layout in HO scale

The Virginia & Western Tidewater District layout in HO scale

By Mitch Horner | May 17, 2023

This HO scale, 1'-3" x 17'-0" layout was featured in the June 2023 Model Railroader

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Facts & features

Name: Virginia & Western RR, Tidewater District
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 1′-3″ x 17′-0″
Theme: Waterfront industrial district
Locale: Mid-Atlantic tidewater
Era: 1948-54
Style: Shelf
Mainline run: None
Minimum radius: Cosmetic curves
Minimum turnout: No. 5
Maximum grade: None
Benchwork: Plywood on shelf brackets
Height: 44″
Roadbed: Cork
Track: Handlaid code 70
Scenery: tabletop
Backdrop: Painted 1⁄4″ plywood
Control: Digitrax DCC
The Virginia & Western Tidewater District layout: An image of a model railroad trackplan

Download a PDF of this track plan!

Buy the June 2023 issue of Model Railroader!

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