Adena Railroad

Modeling the 1950's Nickel Plate Road down on the Wheeling in and around Adena, Ohio

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Wordless Wednesday #163


Has the track gang finally made it to Adena?


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Name: Adena Railroad
Scale: HO scale
Size: 22'x 22'
Prototype: Nickel Plate Road
Locale: Southeastern Ohio
Ex W&LE main line through Adena, including the Adena Railroad, and the AC&NA branches
Period: 1953-55
Style: Multi-deck around walls
Mainline Run: not yet calculated
Minimum Radius: 24"
Minimum Turnout: #6
Maximum Grade: 2%
Staging: Ohio River (East) 5 tracks and Jewett/Brewster (West) 8 track yards
Benchwork: Pink Foam on wood 1x3 topped metal shelf
brackets
Height: 58" upper deck, 44" middle deck
Roadbed: single track on homabed, yards on rubber sheet
Track: Micro-Engineering code 70
Scenery: Pink Foam and Sculptamold
Backdrop: Styrene and hardboard
Control: NCE DCC

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