PROTOTYPE: Housatonic River Line (The Berkshire Line) of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
LOCALE: Western Connecticut and Southwestern Massachusetts
PERIOD: 1957
LAYOUT SIZE: 14' x 27' (main room), 5'6" x 6'6" (2nd room)
STYLE: Multi-deck walk -in, around walls with peninsula
BENCHWORK: 3/4" plywood mounted on 3/4" plywood shelf brackets with dimensional lumber between brackets
ROADBED: 1/4" cork
TRACK: Main Line: Micro Engineering code 70 flex track and #6 switches
Staging: Atlas code 83 flex track and #6 switches
MAINLINE RUN: 310' including staging
MINIMIUM RADIUS: 26" (@ helix)
MAXIMUM GRADE: 2.25% (@ helix)
CONTROL: Digitrax Super Chief Radio DCC, powered and manual point thrown switches
SCENERY: Extruded foam board with Amaco Sculptamold
BACKDROP: Hand painted on 1/8" Masonite
