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<b><font size="3">Layout at a glance</font id="size3"></b> <br /> <br /><b>Name: </b>Willoughby LIne <br /><b>Scale: </b>1:87 <br /><b>Size:</b> overall, 13' X 22' <br /><b>Height:</b> 40" 1st deck /59" 2nd deck <br /><b>Style: </b>double deck around the room center peninsula w/ duckunder and helix in the corner <br /> <br /><b>Staging: </b>approx.120' of track Under center pennisula & second track in helix <br /><b>Minmum aisle width: </b>30" with 27" pinch point <br /><b>Period:</b> 1952-55 <br /><b>Locale:</b>California Central Valley and Sierras <br />1st Deck: California Central Valley - scenes include Highway 99, Ninth Street in Modesto with track down the center, large yard, The onion peel <br />2nd Deck: Sierra Foothills - Scenes include: Hetch Hetchy junction, Rattlesnake gulch, Mather, Groveland engine facility <br /> <br /><b>Theme: </b>Southern Pacific on bottom, Sierra, Hetch Hetcty style freelance on top <br /><b>Scenery:</b> Hydrocal hardshell with castings <br /><b>Control: </b>Easy DCC wireless <br /><b>Roadbed:</b> Homasote on 3/4" cabinet grade plywood <br /><b>Track:</b> Atlas code 100 in staging. ME flex codes 83,70 & 55 visible sections <br /><b>Turnouts: </b>#6 minimum ME, Peco (in staging) Shinohara, BK etc... <br /><b>Max grade:</b> 2% <br /><b>Minimum radius: </b>30" <br /><b>Backdrop: </b>Painted walls with curved corners <br /><b>Fascia:</b> 1/8" masonite <br /><b>Completion: </b>5% - built room, track plan, staging and lower deck benchwork complete <br />
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