Silicon Valley Lines: Layout Tour - Marshall

Marshall is a large staging yard hidden behind the Mt. Marvel Lumber Company scenery. It provides an additional fiddle yard for building up and tearing down trains which begin or terminate in Nowheres.

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Layout at a Glance

Size: Double deck, 23'x 72'
Scale: HO (1:87)
Theme: Freelance
Period: Transition Era to Modern
Height: Lower: 48"; Upper: 60"
Benchwork: Plywood box frame on steel supports
Roadbed: Homabed^TM over homasote over 3/4" plywood
Track: Code 83 mainline Code 70 branchline, Code 100 in staging
Minimum Radius: 36"
Turnout Minimum: No. 6
Control:: NMRA DCC via NCE PH PRO