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The Layout at a Glance
Name:
Rockaway Southern Railroad
Scale: HO
Size: 9' x
23'
Theme:
North-South Bridge Line between
Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Erie-Lackawanna.
Locale:
South Plainfield to Dover,NJ with a branch to the NYS&W at
Sparta, NJ.
Era: 1960s - 1970s
Benchwork:
Open Frame with L Girder.
Roadbed:
1/4" Homabed (mainlines) and
Homasote (yards) on 1/2" plywood.
Track:
Hand laid code 70, Railcraft
rail on Campbell ties.
Minimum Radius: 22"
Turnouts:
No. 4 industrial, No. 6 yards and No. 8 mainlines; 78 turnouts
controlled by Tortoise Slo-Motion machines, 5 in the staging yard by
hand throws.
Scenery: Hardshell plaster on screen
wire, masonite backdrops. Rocks cast from molds. Ground foams and
natural mixture of foliage products.
Control:
Convention block with 6
walk-around memory throttles (MRC Control Master 20, KurtzKraft
custom built).
Additional Features: Hidden
double-ended 6 track staging yard, 2 track staging at the end of the
branch; under track uncoupling magnets; modular construction
designed to be dismantled and removed from basement.
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