Severna Park Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Chesapeake & Allegheny

The layout at a glance

Name: Chesapeake & Allegheny RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 13 x 36 feet
Prototype: freelanced
Locale: mid-Atlantic
Era: 1950-60s
Style: around the walls
Mainline run: 201 feet
Maximum grade: 3 percent
Minimum curve radius: 36″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Benchwork: open grid and L-girder
Height: 55″-70″
Roadbed: Homasote
Track: handlaid code 70 and 100 with handbuilt turnouts
Scenery: plaster hardshell on wire screen
Backdrop: painted on walls
Control: direct-current cab control

See a PDF of this track plan by clicking here!