Bob McKay: Susquehanna Division, PRR
SCALE: N
SIZE: 35' X 25' in finished basement
PROTOTYPE: PRR Eastern Region featuring Rockville Bridge, eventually in full scale
LOCALE: Through Harrisburg PA, from Roy Interlocking to Banks, including the Buffalo Main from Rockville ` Interlocking to Northumberland.
PERIOD: May, 1965 when I first visited and photographed the facilities while in grad school.
STYLE: Multi-decked four track mainline with Buffalo Main reached via helix
HEIGHT: 38" on the mainline to 66" at Northumberland
BENCHWORK: Lower level, inverted L-girder clear space beneath, Upper level on gussets on cross braces. Foam core is supported by 1x2 lumber, topped with Homasote screwed through the foam to lumber.
ROADBED: AMI Instant Roadbed for mainline tracks. Yards and sidings are directly on Homasote.
TRACK: Atlas code 70 mainline, with PECO code 55 in yards and stations. Industrial trackage is Atlas code 55.
TURNOUTS: Mainline #8 minimum, PECO switch machines, with TracTronics SwitchWitch and DCC control. Yards are ` generally #8, station tracks #6 and industrial trackage has some #4.
MIN RADIUS: Built to HO standards, mainline 22", branchline 20", industrial 16"
MAX GRADE: Helix trackage from main to Buffalo Line at 1.5%, all else less that .25%
SCENERY:
Foam carved, painted and textured. Commercial bridges
BACKDROP: Painted
wallboard, some stencils
CONTROL: DCC, Digitrax Chief 8 amp with radio, to be computer interfaced for dispatching and signaling
OPERATIONS: Mainline running by round robin crew in between construction periods. Old Line Graphics car cards.
PICTURES:
Lower Level Diagram and construction photos, as of November 2002
