Name: Continental Pacific Terminal Railway
Scale: HO (1:87)
Prototype: Industrial switching areas across North America (e.g. Los Angeles, Oakland, Chicago, Toronto, St. Louis, Detroit, Buffalo)
Period: Contemporary
Layout style: Walk-around (three sides)
Layout height: 48"
Room size: 8 by 20 feet
Benchwork: Plywood on 2 x 4 grid
Roadbed: AMI on plywood
Length of mainline run: N/A, but longest stretch is about 14 feet
Track: Atlas code 100 and 70
Turnouts: Varies, but mostly Atlas no. 6
Minimum radius: 32"
Maximum grade: 0
Scenery: Hydrocal over plywood
Backdrop: 1/8" artist's board with Walther's commercial backdrop
Control: Conventional DC
Notes: Expansion plans call for connection with a mainline
to rest of room (point to loop) that will travel from the industrial area
to downtown (incl. a passenger terminal), and then across the nearby mountain
range.