John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid track plans

Track plans See the track plans of John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid, along with a operating schematics. ABOUT THIS ARTICLE Appeared in: January, 2009 issue of Model Railroader Magazine John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid track plan 1 John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid track plan 2 John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid track plan 3 John Allen’s […]

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Milwaukee Road’s Beer Line

Name: Milwaukee Road’s Beer Line Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 12 feet Prototype: Milwaukee Road’s Chestnut Street Line Locale: Milwaukee, Wis. Era: 1947 Style: sectional Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of […]

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Virginian & Ohio

Name: Virginian & Ohio Scale: HO (1:87) Layout size: 43 x 54 feet Prototype: free-lanced, Ohio to Virginia Locale: Virginia and West Virginia Period: 1975 Style: linear walkaround Layout height: 45″ to 63″ Benchwork: open grid Maximum grade: 1.77 percent Originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a […]

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Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision

Name: Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 28 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Northern Illinois Era: present day Style: walkaround Mainline run: 165 feet Minimum radius: 20″ (main), 13″ (staging) Minimum turnout: handlaid, no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]

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Modeler’s spotlight video for the week of September 11, 2008 — Inside Cody’s Office

Modeler's spotlight video for the week of September 11, 2008 -- Inside Cody's Office

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page This week Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you an N scale 40-foot woodchip gondola from Micro-Trains, plated HO scale Superliner passenger cars from Walthers, and an HO scale L-3a New York Central Mohawk 4-8-2 from MTH Electric Trains. Cody will also […]

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Modeler’s spotlight video for the week of September 11, 2008 — Inside Cody’s Office

Modeler's spotlight video for the week of September 11, 2008 -- Inside Cody's Office

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page This week Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you an N scale 40-foot woodchip gondola from Micro-Trains, plated HO scale Superliner passenger cars from Walthers, and an HO scale L-3a New York Central Mohawk 4-8-2 from MTH Electric Trains. Cody will also […]

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