Updated
April 16, 2011
This is our club's modular layout project:
The Buffalo, Erie & Niagara (BEN)
Construction began in 2005.
The modules are designed such that they may be
compatible with NMRA standards with some minor
modifications to table height and wiring. The
tracks are set at 5" and 7" from the from the
front edge of the module. The modules are
connected with a 9" section of atlas track.
Enjoy these photos from
October 2009: click
to enlarge
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Modular Layout |
Name:
Buffalo, Erie & Niagara Railroad
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 26' x 8'
Module dimensions: 72" x 24",
72" x 24 " and 34" x 68" six
sided end modules
Prototype: Freelanced
Locale: Western New York, Erie PA and
Ontario
Era: 1950's - 1980's
Style: Modular walkaround
Mainline run: 59 feet (expandable)
Minimum radius: 32 main, 18 siding
Minimum turnout: no. 6 mainline, no. 4
siding
Maximum grade: none |
Benchwork:
Poplar frame, 3/8" plywood top, pine
2"x2" legs with lag bolts
Height: 40"
Roadbed: Woodland Scenics foam roadbed on
main, cork on some sidings
Track: Atlas code 100
Wiring: 14 gauge bus line with Anderson
Powepole connectors
Scenery: TBD
Backdrop: Painted masonite hardboard
Control: Digitrax Superchief command
control
Turnout control: Tortoise machines with NCE
Switch-it decoders on main, Caboose ground
throws on sidings |
Click
here to see the Cadrail layout plan drawing
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