GIVENS & DRUTHERS
These are the parameters of the layout: Givens are the things that I can't (or won't) easily change, Druthers are the things I'd rather ('druther) have.

 

Givens:

Scale: HO
Room Size: 21' X 17 '

 

Druthers:

Railroad: Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe RR (CPLT)
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Interchanges: Union Pacific in Placerville
Sacramento, Big Trees & Western east of Placerville
Union Pacific in Reno
Feather River Rail Society (Western Pacific) in Reno
Minimum Radius: Visible Mainline:30"
Hidden Mainline: 26" (?)
Branchlines: 28"
Aisle Width Minimum sustained: 36''
Minimum "walk-through":24"
Minimum "squeeze": 18"
Track: Visible Mainline: Handlaid code 83
Visible Branchline/Yard: Handlaid code 70
Exception: code 83 flextrack on SBT&W
Hidden: Code 100 flextrack
Layout Style: Around-the-Walls
Peninsula
Mushroom
Staging Yards: Roseville: hidden with access from front (hinged facia)
Reno: open but above eye level
Transition Between Levels: Hidden Helix
Control: DCC (Digitrax)

 

 

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