Name: Columbia & Western
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 16′-6″ x 20′-0″
Prototype: Canadian Pacific
Locale: southern British Columbia
Period: 1970
Style: multi-deck walkaround with double-mushroom peninsula
Mainline run: 230 feet
Minimum radius: 18″ (main), 14″ (branch line)
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: 2.5 percent
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 30″ to 76″
Roadbed: 3⁄4″ plywood
Track: Peco code 55 flextrack
Scenery: plaster gauze shell
Backdrop: hand-painted linoleum
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control with JMRI/PanelPro control
This track plan originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2016. Click on the link to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
