Owner’s Name: Stan Olander
RR Name: CORNBELT NORTHERN
Scale: HO
Size: L-shaped, 15x25 and 15x50
Prototype: CNW, MILW, GN
Locale: Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Era: Early 1950’s
Style: Freelanced
# Decks: 1
Mainline run: 226 ft
Minimum radius: 32 in
Typical aisle width: 3 ft
Minimum turnout: 6-8 mainline; 4 in yards
Maximum grade: 2%
Benchwork: open grid
Height: 48-51”
Roadbed: Cork
Track: Walthers and Micro-Engineering
Scenery: plaster over chicken wire; 80%
Backdrop: hand painted by Marty Edwards of Waukegan, IL
Control: Lenz DCC
Operating Crew: minimum 4; optimum 9
Operating System: unique computer switchlist developed by the late Mike Ziegler