Eastern Missouri Railway
Layout Specs
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Size

16' x 36'

Prototype
Freelanced bridge line
Period

primarily 1950s and 60s -- though modern motive power can be found from time to time

Location

St. Louis and surrounding environs, with my northern NJ hometown inserted along the way

Layout Style
Around the walls with two peninsulas
Length of mainline run
~160 feet
Layout height
48" to 56"
Benchwork
Open grid
Roadbed
Cork over 2" foamboard
Track
Code 83 flextrack
Turnout minimum
No. 6 on mainline, No. 4 in yards
Minimum radius
26"
Maximum grade
2%
Scenery
Plaster sheet over carved foamboard, carved plaster rockface
Backdrop
Beautifully painted by Colin Gifford
Control
NCE Command Control

I use DecoderPro from JMRI to program my locomotives

Eastern Missouri Railway