How To Track Plan Database The HO scale Brush Creek & Western layout

The HO scale Brush Creek & Western layout

By Mitch Horner | August 6, 2025

The Greater Kansas City Model Railroad Club has been honing its skills for nearly 60 years

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Facts and features

Name: Brush Creek & Western
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 21 x 45 feet
Prototype: freelance
Locale: St. Louis, Mo., to Oklahoma City, Okla.
Era: 1935 to 1975
Style: peninsula
Mainline run: 300 feet
Minimum radius: 28″
Minimum turnout: No. 5
Maximum grade: 2%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 16″ to 72″
Roadbed: lauan and cork
Track: code 83 on mainline, code 100 in staging
Scenery: hardshell and foam
Backdrop: hardboard
Control: NCE DCC

 

A three level track plan for the Bush Creek & Western model railroad layout
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