Lehigh Valley Railroad

Bill McChesney

Bill McChensey's Lehigh Valley Railroad features the mainline symbol freights of the Lehigh Valley, The Jersey Central, Reading, Lehigh and Hudson and the Delaware and Hudson connection from Binghamton to Sayre. There are four yards, two industrial areas, a brewery and a float operation. A total of 26 trains are run between two separate, 3 hour operating sessions. The layout was featured in the March 1998 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. There have been a number of photos of the layout in the Walthers' catalogs.

Contact Info Bill McChensey
Niskayuna, NY
(518)-377-5168

Layout at a glance Name: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Scale: HO
Size: 13'x30' and 2'x39'
Prototype: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Locale: Pennsylvania
Era: 1966-1967
Style:
Mainline Run: 175'
Minimum Radius: 32" with easements
Minimum Turnout: #6 main #4 industrial
Maximum Grade: 2%
Benchwork: Spline lath on open grid
Height: 36"-60"
Roadbed:
Track:
Scenery: 75%
Backdrop:
Control: Conventional DC

Operating positions: 2 Road Crews
3 Yard Crews
1 Local Crew

Comments: Road crews receive a cover sheet and a pack of 3x5 cards each representing each car in their train. Local and yard crews have 3x5 cards directing train movements

Most recent update: 2008 December 21
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