Name: Colorado Narrow Gauge
Scale: On30 (1:48 proportion, 30″ track gauge)
Size: 2 x 15 feet
Prototype: freelanced
Locale: inspired by the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Era: early 20th century
Style: freestanding modular display
Mainline run: 15 feet
Minimum radius: 15″
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: extruded-foam insulation board
Height: 48″
Roadbed: Styrofoam or Homasote
Track: handlaid code 70
Scenery: carved extruded-foam insulation board profiles covered with cardboard lattice followed by plaster cloth
Backdrop: painted 1⁄8″ luan plywood
Scale: On30 (1:48 proportion, 30″ track gauge)
Size: 2 x 15 feet
Prototype: freelanced
Locale: inspired by the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Era: early 20th century
Style: freestanding modular display
Mainline run: 15 feet
Minimum radius: 15″
Minimum turnout: no. 5
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: extruded-foam insulation board
Height: 48″
Roadbed: Styrofoam or Homasote
Track: handlaid code 70
Scenery: carved extruded-foam insulation board profiles covered with cardboard lattice followed by plaster cloth
Backdrop: painted 1⁄8″ luan plywood
Control: Digitrax DCC
The track plan initially appeared in the November 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of this track plan.
