- Title: Erie Lackawanna in Pennsylvania
- Prototype: Semi-prototypical Scranton and Erie Lackawanna
- Era: Fall 1967
- Region: Scranton, PA and surrounding area of North-East Pennsylvania
- Railroad: Predominately Erie Lackawanna with interchange to Reading, Lehigh Valley and Delaware & Hudson
- Space: 15'x9' joined by wall layout (9" wide maximum) to storage room (15" wide maximum) to office turnaround (space negotiable)
- Operators: Typically just me and my son. Sometimes him and a few of his friends.
- Operations: Mainly running trains on the main line with some individual operations in the yards
- Scale: N Scale
- Trackwork: Atlas code 55 flex-track, turnouts with Peco code 55 curved turnouts where needed
- Design Software:
3rd PlanIt
by Eldorado Software
- Benchwork:
- Light weight is the
sine qua non
of construction.
- Foam on 1/4" birch plywood with 1"x3" framing.
- Modular design, but not to any standard such as
NTRAK.
- Roadbed: cork on foam, cork or plywood sub-roadbed.
- Rolling Stock:
- Diesels
- Steam on excursions only
- Period and location-appropriate revenue freight.
- Passenger trains
- Structures:
- Easy access to all hidden track
- Control: DCC by Digitrax.
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- Modeling Interests
- Good sized yard
- Service facilities with a turntable.
- Long passenger trains
- Long trains in general
- Main lines:
- Minimum radius: 20"
- Ruling grade: 0%
- Maximum grade: 2% for short lengths
- Minimum turnout: #10, except for Peco #8 curved turnouts
- Easements required for all curves
- Automated turnout control
- Branch lines:
- Minimum radius: 15"
- Ruling grade: 2%
- Maximum grade: 2%
- Minimum turnout: #7
- Easements required for all curves
- Manual turnout control
- Yards:
- Minimum radius: 15"
- Ruling grade: 0%
- Maximum grade: 0%
- Minimum turnout: #7
- Easements desirable for all curves
- Manual turnout control
- Service facilities:
- Minimum radius: 15"
- Ruling grade: 0%
- Maximum grade: 0%
- Minimum turnout: #7
- Minimal hidden track
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