Facts and features
Name: Chicago, Peoria & Western
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 30 x 44 feet
Prototype: CB&Q, EJ&E, and IC
Locale: Chicago to Galesburg, Ill.
Era: 1940s
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: approximately 230 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: No. 8 (main), No. 6 (industries and yards)
Grade: less than 1%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 50″
Roadbed: Homabed
Track: handlaid code 70
Scenery: foam base covered with sawdust paste, real dirt, and flocking
Backdrop: hand-painted on tempered hardboard
Control: Digitrax simplex and duplex DCC
