Facts and features

Name: Pennsylvania RR Buffalo Line
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 30′-9″ x 35′-0″
Prototype: PRR
Locale: Harrisburg, Pa., to Erie, Pa., and Buffalo, N.Y.
Era: 1956
Style: multi-deck walk-in
Mainline run: 155 feet
Minimum radius: 24″
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: 2.6%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 42″ to 60″
Roadbed: Homasote
Track: code 83 flextrack
Scenery: hardshell
Backdrop: hand-painted and commercial offerings
Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control

A track plan for the lower level of the Pennsylvania RR Buffalo Line layout

The HO scale Pennsylvania RR Buffalo Line

A track plan for the upper level of the Pennsylvania RR Buffalo Line layout

The HO scale Pennsylvania RR Buffalo Line

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