Track plan at a glance Name: Utah Belt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22′-8″ x 39′-6″ Prototype: free-lanced Period: the present Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 173 feet Minimum radius: 39″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Hooch Junction RRScale: N (1:160)Size: main room 20 x 40 feet, with 12 x 14-foot and 8 x 14-foot extensionsPrototype: Norfolk Southern, CSX, and predecessor linesEra: modernStyle: walk-inMainline run: 1,000 feetMinimum radius: 15″ main, 12″ yardsMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2006 issue of Model […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Montreal & Northern Ry.Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10′-4″ x 12′-6″ (L-shaped)Prototype: freelancedEra: modernStyle: portable, panoramicMainline run: 40 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 11 percentOriginally appeared in the January 2007 issue of Model Railroader.Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: UP’s Daneville and Donner River Subdivisions Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 11′-6″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific, with Burlington Northern Santa Fe trackage rights Period: present Mainline run: 59 feet (excluding staging) Minimum radius: 33″ Minimum turnout: No. 8 (main) and no. 6 (sidings and yards) Maximum grade: 2.6 percent […]
