The Eastern Illinois Santa Fe in HO scale

Facts and features

Name: Eastern Illinois Santa Fe
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 26 x 48 feet
Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Locale: Joliet to Streator, Ill.
Era: 1995 (before the merger with Burlington Northern)
Style: double-deck walk-in
Mainline run: 200 feet (double-track main)
Minimum radius: 30″ (main)
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: 2% (staging to layout)
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 41″ to 50″
Roadbed: HomaBed (California Roadbed Co.)
Track: code 83
Scenery: drywall compound with paint mixed in
Backdrop: photos and hand-painted
Control: NCE Power Pro DCC

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