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The Layout
Name: The Madison and Southern Railroad
Scale: HO
Size: 11' x 27' (not including Staging)
Period: Summer of 1970-74
Prototype:  Milwaukee Road
Locale: Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois
Layout Style: peninsula
Layout height: 50" to 54"
Benchwork: connected 2 x 4 Modules
Track: code 70
Minimum turnout: 6
minimum radius: 32"
Maximum grade: 2.5% (in staging only)
Scenery: Plaster cloth over cardboard strips
Backdrop: Painted hardboard with photos
Control: NCE command control
Most operating Locos are Broadway, Proto 2000 or Contain Soundtraxx decoders!!


4 operating positions
Average length of Session is 2 hours