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| Name of Railroad: |
- South Bay & Pacific Railroad
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| Size: |
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| Benchwork: |
- Open grid with plywood in yards
- Laminated spline construction on most mainlines
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| Prototype theme: |
- Freelance prototype
- Southern Pacific, Western Pacific
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| Timeframe: |
- Late 1950s to early 1960s
- Steam to diesel transition
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| Layout Style: |
- Folded dogbone double-track mainline with branchlines
- Walkaround operation with towerman/dispatcher
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| Operational Control: |
- Digitrax Digital Command Control radio throttles
- Bruce Chubb's C/MRI (occupancy detection only)
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| Roadbed: |
- Homosote on 1/2" plywood subroadbed
- Homabed™ on 1" splined subroadbed
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| Track: |
- Code 70 flextrack for visible trackage
- Code 83 and 100 flextrack for hidden trackage
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| Length of Track Runs: |
- Double-track Mainline:
- Branchline:
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| Minimum Turnouts: |
- Mainline: #8 to #19
- Branchline: #6
- Industrial: #4
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| Minimum Radius: |
- Mainline: 54"
- Branchline: 36"
- Industrial: 24"
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| Maximum Grade: |
- Mainline: 1½%
- Branchline: 2%
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| Scenery: |
- Hard shell with dental casting plaster rock molds
- 75 percent complete
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| Backdrop: |
- Free-hand painted on sheetrock walls
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| Completion: |
- Trackage: 95%
- Scenery: 75%
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