56"55"57"57"
52"50"50"51"58"58"58"65 4321Freight houseWest
MinneapolisDouble-sided
backdropHighway overpassIcehouseDepotMinneapolisGimbelsRailway
Express
AgencyOre dockSt. Paul12-car
staging
Freight house trackEnginehouse DuluthPassenger terminal
(inside helix)Ashland branchReserve branchTwo-turn helixRice Lake
BrewingRed Cedar Mills Jungers Stove & Range Rice Lake LumberLCL Transfer
& Storage
Chicago & Depot Yard tower Rice Lake
North Western Cameron JunctionDepotPurina MillsCoalWaterBarron
JunctionBarronMenomonieWheelerDowntownDepotTexaco Dallas Elevator
DallasKnox
DoorsBackdropsSanna
Boomer’s Creamery
Ridgeland SeedsDrainLakesideEast
Junction
Ya r d
(unscenicked)DepotEast JunctionRice Lake, Dallas
& Menomonie
HO scale (1:87.1)
Layout size: 24 x 26 feet
Scale of plan:^9 ⁄ 32 " = 1'-0", 24" grid
Numbered arrows indicate photo locations
Illustration by Rick Johnson
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Track Plan Database.AABBUpper levelLower levelCompressed Mfg.Helix up to
Rice LakeDuluth ore dock lead
St. Paul BridgeworksTowerCattle dealerDepotDepotMirrors
MirrorMirror under bridge
(faces Shoreham Yard)WaterShoreham YardCoal
EnginehouseKnapp, Stout & Co.Av a’s L a k eAbandoned
right-of-wayGadaski Scrap Iron
Shoreham WarehousingBarron StorageEnginehouseJerome FoodsThe Hall Co.Paulson & CompanyTowerCattle dealer Ehlert HotelFrankfurth
HardwareThe layout at a glance
Name: Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 17 x 24 feet with a 2 x 9-foot
interchange yard
Prototype: Soo Line
Locale: northwestern Wisconsin
Era: 1950 to 1955
Style: walk-in
Mainline run: 100 feet
Minimum radius: 30" (main), 18" (branch)
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main),
no. 4 (yards)Maximum grade: 2 percent
Benchwork: L-shaped supports cantilvered
from walls, some L-girder
Height: 50" to 58"
Roadbed:^1 ⁄ 2 " homasote on^1 ⁄ 2 " plywood
Track: Atlas code 100 flextrack with Atlas
and Peco turnouts
Scenery: plaster hardshell
Backdrop: painted^1 ⁄ 8 " hardboard with
photos
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