Facts and features
Name: Sun Parlour Lines
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 12 x 41 feet
Prototype: Chesapeake & Ohio and New York Central
Locale: southern Ontario
Era: September 1955
Style: around the walls
Mainline run: 150 feet
Minimum radius: 28″ (main line), 22″ (hidden loop)
Minimum turnout: No. 6 (main line)
Maximum grade: 2.5%
Benchwork: L-girder and open grid
Height: 52″ to 54″
Roadbed: cork on Homasote and 5∕8″ plywood
Track: code 83 and 70 flextrack; handlaid code 83, 70, and 40 on tie strips
Scenery: carved extruded-foam insulation board
Backdrop: drywall with styrene coved corners
Control: Digitrax DCC
