Canandaigua Southern

[Anonymous]

I would like some suggestions on how to convert the CS from O to HO. I am aware that the aisles must not be changed. How small an area can I get this layout into and still keep the integrity of the plan?
I know that converting from O to HO [or some other ratios] was covered in a previous issue of MR but I am unable to find that advice.
Thanx for any suggestions.
Graham.

[thirdrail1]

I have always felt John Armstrong's Canandaigua Southern would be an even more spectacular railroad if build in HO in the same space it now occupies. Remember, the absolute minimum radius on a real railroad, used only on industrial spurs, is the equivalent of 48 inch radius in HO scale!

[sumpter250]

Gregg,
The Uintah railway,while a three foot guage railroad, was a 'real' railroad. They had a 66 degree curve! That is 15" radius in HO scale. Oh for the luxury of space to build an HO layout with 48" minimum radius curves! I do concur that the CS in HO, in the same space would be spectacular!

[thirdrail1]

The Indiana Railroad was a "real" railroad, too, and standard gauge to boot that had 60 ft. radius curves or 8 1/4" in HO - but it was an interurban trolley line. The radius I used is from CSXT's Requirements for Industrial Siding Construction - sharper than that and CSXT won't serve it.