How To Track Plan Database The O gauge Northbrook layout

The O gauge Northbrook layout

By Mitch Horner | May 7, 2025

A three-rail tribute to the Pennsylvania RR

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Facts and features

Name: Northbrook
Scale: O gauge
Size: 29 x 36 feet
Prototype: freelance
Locale: Northeast and Midwest U.S.
Era: 1956
Style: donut
Mainline run: 155 feet
Minimum radius: 45″
Minimum turnout: No. 5
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 42″
Roadbed: cork
Track: Atlas O three-rail
Scenery: painted extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: painted 18” tempered hardboard
Control: Lionel TMCC and Legacy; Sound Traxx Blunami
The track plan for the Northbrook model railroad layout
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