Name: Montana Northland
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 20 X 26 feet, plus adjacent staging
Prototype: freelance
Locale: Western Montana/Central Idaho
Era: late 1970s
Style: three-level mushroom
Mainline run: 495 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: no. 6
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Originally appeared in the August 2009 issue of Model Railroader.
See a PDF version of these track plans by clicking the links below.
I am looking at options to adapt this track plan to represent the Central Sierra Railway, a freelanced fictitious railroad featuring the SP, D&RGW, UP and occasionally the ATSF.
The foot print is the most unique piece of this railroad. The Upper Level contains the summit of the mountain crossing while the Middle & Lower levels are the bottom ends of that crossing. Well Designed.