How To Track Plan Database HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook

HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook

By Angela Cotey | January 31, 2018

| Last updated on January 18, 2021

Download this track plan from the March 2018 Model Railroader

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HOscaleChesterRidgePennebrook
Name: Chester Ridge & Pennebrook
Layout owner: Paul Tartaglia
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 12′-6″ x 20′-0″
Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the New York Central RR Putnam Division
Locale: southeastern New York State
Era: 1947 to 1965
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 150 feet
Minimum radius: 22″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Maximum grade: 2.5 percent
Benchwork: L-girder and open-grid
Height: 44″ to 56″
Roadbed: cork over plywood
Track: codes 83 and 100 flextrack
Scenery: Plaster cloth and Hydrocal over aluminum screen
Backdrop: painted drywall
Control: NCE Digital Command Control, optional direct-current cab control
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