The layout at a glance
Name: Bone Valley
Layout owner: Alex Marchand
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 6′-7″ x 7′-0″
Prototype: CSX/Seaboard System
Locale: West Central Florida
Era: late 1980s
Style: multilevel, gallery
Mainline run: 40 feet
Minimum radius: 12″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: extruded-foam insulation board on 1 x 2 frame
Height: 48″ (lower level), 62″ (upper level)
Roadbed: Woodland Scenics Track-Bed
Track: Micro Engineering code 40 and 55 flextrack (visible), Kato Unitrack (hidden)
Scenery: zip texturing over extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: Printed photo compositions mounted on foam board
This track plan originally appeared in the December 2020 issue of Model Railroader magazine. See a PDF version of this by clicking here.
