Layout Details

Randall Watson’s St. Louis and Southern R.R.

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Address

• 730 Morning Creek Ln, Suwanee, GA, 30024

Layout Description

• Lower Level 28.5" off the floor, Main level 44.5" off the floor, Lever Three 60.5" off the floor Lever 3 and 1/2 is 78" high. L-girder on 1/2" plywood, Homasote over plywood on the lower level, Homabed on plywood on the Main level, Cork roadbed on plywood on level three and level three and 1/2. Atlas Code 83 flex track, Walthers turnouts #8 and #6 on mainline, #5 and #6 in yards. 32", 30" and 28" on mainline. 26" in some sidings. 2% in Helix and on some of the third levels. DCC Digitrax Radio Control, boosters, power managements, block detection.

Scale / Gauge

• HO

Size of Layout

• 32 x16 Main Room and 12x10 HVAC Room 6.5x 7 Helix

Prototype

• Norfolk Southern

Location Modeled

• St. Louis to N. Fort Wayne

Era

• Modern Day

Style of Track Plan

• End to End

Benchwork

• Open Grid

Roadbed Material

• Homabed

Track Manufacturer

• Other

Turnouts

• Walthers

Minimum Main Line Radius

• 28"

Maximum Grade

• 2 %

Scenery Techniques

• Cardboard strips , plaster-impregnated gauze, ground foam

% Scenery Complete

• 4 %

Backdrop

• Masonite

Control System

• DCC - Digitrax

Car Forwarding System

• Switch List

Train Authority / Dispatching

• CTC

Direction Comment

• I 85 West to exit 111 in Suwanee, Exit 111 is the Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road.

Wheelchair Accessible

ADA Comments

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