Facts and features
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 8 x 30 feet
Prototype: Soo Line
Locale: northwestern Wisconsin
Era: early 1950s
Style: walkaround
Mainline run: 50 feet
Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 18″ (branch)
Minimum turnout: No. 5 (main), No. 4 (branch)
Maximum grade: none
Benchwork: L-girder
Height: 44″
Roadbed:1∕2″ plywood covered with 1∕2″ Homasote
Track: Atlas code 100 flextrack, Peco and Atlas turnouts
Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board for elevations
Backdrop: photos on 1∕8″ tempered hardboard
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control