Layout Facts Update

Back in June 2018 I posted some layout facts.  There has been a lot of work since then.  Here are some facts:

Name:              Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR

Prototype:       same

Location:         Franklin County, Maine

Era:                  1920

Scale/Gauge:   On2

                        P48, Maine Central

Room:             2,400 sq ft,  24’ x 100’ single room

                        handicapped accessible:  no

                        upstairs 17 steps

Benchwork:     2 level, walk along

100%               3/4” plywood grid

                        height:  lower, 39-41” & upper, 64-68”

                        PVC pipe & 3/4” plywood and soundboard

                        transition:  12 car train elevator

Trackwork:      mainline run:  920 feet

99%                 sidings & yards:  800 feet

                        minimum radius:  46”

                        maximum grade:  1.8%

                        code 70 flextrack

                        turnouts:  #8 Fastrack

                          controls: manual & servo
                          Frog Juicers

Control:           DCC

100%               NCE wireless

Scenery:          hardshell:  geo foam over

5%                                     window screen

Backdrop:       1/8” masonite

15%                 wallpaper underlayment & painted

Lighting:         Bicolor LED

15%                 controlled by Raspberry Pi

                        24 hour cycle, fast clock controlled

                        sunrise/sunset times for each month

                        settings for weather conditions

Operations:      future TT & TO

50%                 wireless iPhone controlled fast clock

                        Dispatcher Office: remote, downstairs

                        stop order boards 12 stations

                        phones:  Dispatcher & 12 stations

Layout Progress and Information

Updated as of June 10, 2018

                                 Lower Level         Upper Level            Total

PROGRESS

Benchwork                     100%                    100%                   100%

Roadbed                         100%                    100%                   100%

Track                                99%                        0%                     60%

DCC & wiring                100%                      20%             

Trains running                  99%                        0%

Layout lighting                   1%                        0%

Backdrops installed            0%                        0%

Fascias installed                 0%                         0%

"Base" scenery                   0%                         0%

Backdrops painted             0%                          0%

Turntables                          0%                          0%

Bridges                               0%                          0%

Buildings                            0%                          0%

"Final" scenery                   0%                          0%

"Tree" scenery                    0%                          0%

Engines

Rolling stock

Fast Clock                                                                                   0%

Phones                             100%                      100%

Stop Order boards           100%                      100%

Dispatcher desk                                                                         10%

Flooring                                                                                      0%

Skirting                                                                                       0%


GENERAL INFORMATION

Size layout room                                                                  2,400 sq ft

Layout surface                1,200 sq ft              800 sq ft         2,000 sq ft

Mainline track                   558 ft

Sidings & yards track        451 ft

Total track                       1,009 ft

Turnouts                               75                        30                     105

Turntables

Maine Central track

Maine Central turnouts           8