Most of the structures would mark this as a mid-1930s to mid-1950s motif. Although a specific era was not targeted during construction, The layout is noted for its high mountains,ĭeep canyons, wide rushing rivers, steep climbs, long straight-aways, and The Santa Fe Western O Scale layout doesn't attempt to model any specific area, but generally
#O scale layouts download
Click or download image to scroll and larger views, it's 18MB:Ī complete track and signal plan panel style view of the layout - click image for larger view: Buildings and other structures are a combination of scratch built and commercial kits.īelow is an overall scale plan of the O gauge layout along with the On3 and trolley lines. Were always on the lookout for natural scenery materials to use. Trees are a combination of commercial and home made materials. After that we paint the bare hydrocal and add a variety of commercial and natural scenic materials to form grass, weeds, bushes, and rocky areas. To form rocky areas, we pour hydrocal into a mold, then attach it to the basic shell. Over this goes a lattice of cardboard strips, then newspaper, and a layer of Hydrocal, a cement like product similar to plaster of paris. To build the scenery we first construct a frame of plywood to form the contours. We then glue ballast to the roadbed to provide a more natural look. To this is glued a layer of Homasote, a paper product that provides the basic shape of the roadbed to which wooden ties are glued and rails are spiked. This spline allows us to form very natural sweeping curves, and is very strong. For the roadbed beneath the track we cut narrow wood splines that are then glued together. First, a framework of lumber is built to support the layout. We have a master track plan that were following in the construction.
Not much by prototypical standards, but certainly respectable for a model railroad.Ī variety of construction and scenery techniques are evident on the layout.
#O scale layouts plus
We currently have a mainline that is about 27 scale miles, or 2500 feet long, plus over 2450 feet or yard trackage including over 110 turnouts and two double slip switches. Unlike the HO an N scale layouts, O scale is not a model of any particular region, instead it is intended to capture the flavor of the West while providing us with as long a mainline run as possible. O Scale Layout Size As of March 2019, the Santa Fe Western O scale layout measures 170' by 25'(30' on ends, 20' in middle) and occupies over 4000 square feet of our building. Look for the mileposts along the right of way, small white markers with a number on them indicate scale miles from a starting point down in one of the yards. 110 actual feet on the model equals 1 scale mile. In O scale, 1/4 inch on the model equals 1 foot on the real thing.
#O scale layouts full size
The scale is 1:48, so an O scale boxcar is 1/48 th as big as its full size counterpart.
O Scale Description O scale is similar in size, but not quite the same as the Lionel trains many people had as kids. Layout Pictures 2006 Layout Pictures 2017
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