{"id":1710,"date":"2023-12-23T15:07:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2024-11-16T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T00:58:07","slug":"mqr-design-simple-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/mqr-design-simple-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MQR Design – Revised Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I continue to tweak and adjust the plans for the MQR, more recently focusing on the benchwork. A recent post in the Model Railroad Hobbyist forums that led me to a pdf put together by Richard Smith back in the late 2000’s: “Evolution of the Port Orford Coast Railroad: An Experiment in Raised Platform Garden Railroading<\/a>“. Looking through my hard drive, I found I had downloaded a copy of it back in 2009 but had forgotten about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design keeps the track layout of Version 5 (Piko R3 radius curves with a single passing track) but replaces the deck construction with a simpler 2×4 frame covered with hardware cloth and landscape cloth. The frame is then edged with a 2×4 “fascia”. Roadbed is formed from splines cut from cedar 2×6’s. I am thinking of using foundation screws<\/a> to anchor the legs in the ground rather than digging holes and using concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I like about this benchwork method is that it is more more scenic than a deck and it is possible to grow some small plants on the layout proper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MQR at a Glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Scale<\/strong>: 7\/8″ or 1:13.7 (45 mm gauge track as 2-foot gauge)
Prototypes<\/strong>: Penrhyn Quarry Railway & Talyllyn Railway
Locale<\/strong>: Wales
Time Period<\/strong>: late 1950’s
Size<\/strong>: 10 x 14 feet
Layout Style<\/strong>: Loop
Layout Height<\/strong>: 48″
Benchwork<\/strong>: Raised Platform (pressure-treated wood) 
Roadbed<\/strong>: Cedar splines
Track<\/strong>: Peco
Minimum Radius<\/strong>: 3′
Maximum Grade<\/strong>: none<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I continue to tweak and adjust the plans for the MQR, more recently focusing on the benchwork. A recent post in the Model Railroad Hobbyist forums that led me to a pdf put together by Richard Smith back in the late 2000’s: “Evolution of the Port Orford Coast Railroad: An Experiment in Raised Platform Garden … Continue reading “MQR Design – Revised Again”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-layout-design","category-marchlyn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}