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Division 1: Mark Ward, Oma Pacific RR, 2001 Statistics

Name                 Oma Belt Railroad -
                     Rock Ridge Subdivision
Scale:               HO
Layout Size          30 x 16 feet
Design               Point to Point (Helper Operations Required)
Era                  1981
Minimum Radius       28"
Minimum Turnout      #6 (All Turnouts - Modified Shinohara)
Layout Height        42" (lower) to 64"  (Upper)
Maximum Grade        2.75%
Trackage             Code 83 (Mainline) - Micro Engineering
                     Codes 70 and 55 (Sidings) -Micro Engineering
Control              DCC (System One), Soundtraxx DSD (All Locomotives)
Construction         'L' & 'T' Girders (Lower Level), Open Grid (2nd Level)
Backdrop             Continual (Museum Quality Corners)
Lighting             Combination (Flourescent and colored incandescent)
Couplers             Kadee
Wheelsets            Metal (Mainly Intermountain) RP25


Construction Progress
Began                October 2000
Benchwork            completed July 2001
Backdrops            completed September 2001
Lighting Valences    completed October 2001
Roadbed Commencement (Projected) November 2001
First Train Movement (Projected) February 2002
	

Regards Mark Ward, 13 Oct 2001