Layout (1) profile Summer 2005

Name: Wampo, Nieke and Sonkrai

Scale: N Scale: 1/160; 9 mm

Prototype: The Burma Thailand Railway

Freelance elements: Railway continues fully operational after October 1946. A couple of locomotives and some rolling stock are also freelance additions.

Period: Circa June to October 1947 and beyond

Locale: Wampo viaduct with a skip to Nieke depot point, the Sonkrai bridge and Three Pagoda Pass

Layout Style: Tabletop

Layout height: 28 inches

Benchwork: Modified, door-based, cookie cutter with some framing

Roadbed and track: Kato Unitrack for mainline, Atlas snap a flex track, MicroEngineering track for bridges.

Length of main line: TBA

Turnouts: Kato 6

Minimum radius : 9 3/4"

Maximum grade: 3.0 Scenery: Exruded foam

Backdrop: Based on Photoshop video screen capture (work in progress)

Control: Model Rectifier Corp. Tech 4 200