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Posted by Jamie in Lilburn, Georgia, USA Sunday, September 13, 2009

» The layout at a glance

Name: Seaboard 1966
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 18 x 9 feet
Prototype: Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Locale: Piedmont region of the Carolinas
Period: September 13, 1966
Layout style: Multi-deck shelf with peninsula
Layout height: 42" and 57"
Benchwork: L-brackets ripped from Birch plywood
Roadbed: Laminated hardboard spline
Track: Micro Engineering code 55
Turnouts: Atlas code 55, no. 10 minimum frog on mainline; no. 7 in yards and spurs
Minimum curve radii: 18" visible, 15" hidden
Maximum grade: Visible - none; 2% in helix
Scenery: Plaster over cardboard strips
Backdrop: Painted on 1/8" hardboard, curved corners
Control: Digitrax DCC

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