Name: Yosemite Valley RR
Layout designer: Jack Burgess
Scale: HO (1.87.1)
Size: 20 x 20 feet
Prototype: shortline railroad to Yosemite National Park
Locale: San Joaquin Valley and Merced River Canyon in California
Era: August 1939
Style: multi-level
Mainline run: 112 feet
Minimum radius: 22″ with spiral easements
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: 2.3 percent
Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2013.
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Great prototype and track design. I would have liked a bit more of the sawmill at Merced Falls even as a background. Is the incline operational?
I've been watching how this layout has progressed over the last several years and I'm truly in awe of Mr. Burgess' work. This is simply one of the best model railroads that I have ever seen.