Elegant

The Scheme, The Team, The Dream

Facts and Figures

Name McKinley Railway
Scale 00 (1:76)
Size  
> Original Layout 25’ x 20’
> Extension 25’ x 18’
Prototype/Era British Rail 1956-1975
Locale  
> Original layout London - Birmingham - Manchester
> Extension Birmingham - Doncaster - Sheffield - Halifax - Wakefield

 

Track PECO code 100
Minimum radius 20”
Minimum turnout PECO long (mainline and storage tracks)
Maximum grade 2% (1 in 50)
Mainline run  
>Red/Green Mainline 500’
>Blue/Black Mainline 500’

 

Style Walk in
Layout type Multilevel
Construction started  
>Original layout 2000
>Extension 2015
Benchwork L girder, box grid, steel rods
Height Between XX' & XX'
Sub-roadbed ½” plywood

 

Scenery Plaster over chicken wire/plastic strips
Backdrop Photographic sheets
Control  Digitrax DCC and third party components
Computer control Train Controller version 8 (Gold)
Operators 1-18

 

 

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