Marbelup Valley Railway - Summary
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| Name: | Marbelup Valley Railway |
| Scale: | Sn3½ (1/64 scale, 16.5 mm gauge) |
| Prototype: | Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) |
| Period: | Early 1960's, summer |
| Layout Style: | Round the wall with peninsular |
| Layout Height: | 1394 to 1474 mm to top of rails (was 954 to 1034 mm*) |
| Room Size: | 8 m x 3.8 m |
| Benchwork: | Grid style from 9 mm plywood in sections 1.5 to 2.8 m long |
| Roadbed: | 9 mm medium density fibreboard (MDF) over 9 mm plywood |
| Length of Mainline: | 32 m |
| Length of Track: | 100 m |
| Track: | Handlaid Code 70 and 55 rail on stripwood sleepers |
| Points: | Handlaid, 800 mm radius plus others to suit particular locations |
| Minimum Radius: | 700 mm (800 mm or more where possible) |
| Maximum Grade: | 1 in 80 (main line), 1 in 40 (timber line) |
| Scenery: | Polystyrene foam with zip texturing for basic ground surface |
| Backdrop: | Sky blue plasterboard walls* |
| Train Control: | Lenz Digital Command control |
| Signalling Control: | CTI Electronics hardware and software |
* Changes due to move to different house, September 2005, included increasing layout height by 440 mm to avoid duckunder.
