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| Scale: |
HO
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| Size: |
33'
X 26' with staging at both ends and a return loop at both
ends. There are two branches , the Abercrombie Sub at about
28' feet of track and Pictou Landing Sub at about 20' ft of
track. |
| Prototype: |
Canadian
National, Hopewell Subdivision, Oxford Subdivision, Pictou
Landing Subdivision, and Sydney Subdivison.
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| Locale: |
Stellarton,
New Glasgow, Trenton, Granton, Abercrombie, Pictou Landing, Valley, Havre Boucher, North Sydney, Nova
Scotia. Staging is Truro and Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Period |
1978
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| Layout
style: |
Around
the walls and branches out from the walls with a double deck in the
second room for staging and a return loop at both ends |
| Layout
height: |
54"
to 66"
|
| Bench
work: |
Steel
Benchwork using C Channel and Steel Studs. |
| Roadbed: |
Cork
on 2" styrofoam insulation. Using Woodland Scenics
incline sets for grades. Staging is cork on
3/16" gatorboard. |
| Track: |
Atlas
Code
83
|
| Turnouts: |
Peco
Code 83 #5's, a few Walthers #5's and Walthers curved turnouts and
Walthers wye. |
| Minimum
Radius: |
24"
|
| Length
of mainline: |
200
feet (approx)
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| Scenery: |
This
is a brand new layout with the bench work just beginning. |
| Backdrop: |
Will
be painted on walls
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| Power
system |
Lenz
DCC, sound equipped
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| Operations: |
Car
cards, 4 sided Waybills, |
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