Facts and features
Name: Chesapeake & Ohio New River Subdivision
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 19 x 24 feet
Prototype: C&O New River Gorge and coal mine area
Locale: Thurmond, W.Va.
Era: 1957
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 102 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (24″ in Waynes-burg Mine wye)
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: 1∕8″ per foot
Benchwork: 1 x 2 frame topped with 1∕2″ plywood and Homasote
Height: 50″ to 60″
Roadbed: Homasote
Track: handlaid
Scenery: cardboard strips and plaster-impregnated gauze
Backdrop: hand-painted and ground foam
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control
