Tom's New York Central HO Layout
Layout
NAME
SCALE
SIZE
PROTOTYPE
PERIOD
PURPOSE
LAYOUT LOCALE
LAYOUT STYLE
LAYOUT HEIGHT
BENCHWORK
???
HO (1:87.1)
4 x 8 feet
New York Central (NYC)
July 1944
A small freight stop/yard & steam/diesel fueling facility
Somewhere along the New York Central...
Bent oval
42"
1 x 3 frame surrounding a 4 x 8 sheet of extruded foam insulation 2 x 2 legs w/1 x 2 cross supports
ROADBED
TRACK
TURNOUTS
MIN. RADIUS
MAX. GRADE
CONTROL DCC
Cork - HO on mainline and passing siding; N in yard and servicing track area
Mostly Atlas Code 83 sectional with a few flex-track sections - Superelevated (0.02 max. height) on mainline.
Fast Track #5s on mainline; #4.5s at beginning of yard and servicing track area
22", except for 3 sections of 18" on west (right) end of layout
1.5% transition leading down into yard and servicing track area
NCE Power Cab
 Current Layout |  Diesel Fueling facility |  Ball signal shanty |
|---|---|---|
 NYC Freight house |  Dill's Market & Gas |  FM Concrete Coaling tower |
 Steam-Diesel Servicing facilty |  Future Layout concept |