Layout at a glance

Name: SP Coast Line
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 16' x 14' (5m x 4.5m)
Theme: Portion of the Southern Pacific Coast Line
Locale: California, USA
Period/Era: summer of 1974
Layout style: Around the walls, with peninsula
Layout height: 51" (130 cm)
Benchwork: L Girder
Roadbed: Espanded foam, spline
Track: MicroEngineering Code 55
Turnout minimum: Atlas #7 on the main, Atlas #5 elsewhere
Minimum curve radius: 15" (38 cm)
Maximum grade: 3%
Scenery construction: Plaster over cardboard strip, foam boards
Backdrop construction: Masonite sheets.
Control: DCC (Lenz Compact at the moment, will upgrade to NCE soon)