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Updated June 26, 2006
Description/Power

Island Valley Railroad

Description:
  • Name:  Island Valley Railroad
  • Scale:  Hi-Rail O (1:48)
  • Size:  12.5' x 23.5'
  • Prototype:  Freelance
  • Locale:  USA
  • Period/Era:  Diesel era (1950 - Present)
  • Layout Height:  38"
  • Benchwork:  1" x 4" frame, 3/4" plywood directly on frame
  • Roadbed:  Cork
  • Ballast:  Chicken Grit, Starter size
  • Track:  Atlas O, 21st Century Track System
  • Turnouts:  O54
  • Crossovers:  O72
  • Mainline Curve Radius:  27" (O54)
  • Scenery:  Hardshell, Plaster cloth over cardboard webbing, newspaper, extruded foam
  • Control:
    • Command:
      • DCS Remote Control Set, #50-1001, MTH
      • TrainMaster Command Control (TMCC), #6-12969, Lionel LLC
    • Conventional: Z-4001, Remote Control System, #40-4001, MTH
Power:
  • Track: Z-4000, #40-4000, MTH
  • DCS Track Interface Unit (TIU):
    • 18-24 VAC, 1000mA AC Power Adapter, #273-1650, Radio Shack
      • Adaptaplug "M", #273-1716, Radio Shack
    • TIU/TMCC 6' Connector Cable, #50-1018, MTH
  • Switches: 1.8 Amp Accessory Transformer, #6-32923, Lionel LLC
  • Block Signals: 1.8 Amp Accessory Transformer, #6-32923, Lionel LLC
  • Accessories:
    • 1.8 Amp Accessory Transformer, #6-32923, Lionel LLC
    • 600 Watt, 12 Volt AC Transformer, #585841, Hamton Bay
    • Converter Module AC/DC #4804, Miller Engineering
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