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Name: White River Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 13′-6″ Prototype: Boston & Maine and Central Vermont Theme: New England main line Locale: White River Junction, Vt. Era: fall 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 34 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the March 2009 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Montreal Harbour Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 11 feet Prototype: Port of Montreal Era: 1912-1914 Mainline run: 34 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnouts: Peco small Originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Santa Fe Scale: HO (1.87.1) Size: 24 x 49 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Union Pacific Era: 1951 Style: walk-in and around-the-walls Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Model […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Mojave & Death Valley RR Scale: On2 1/2 (1:48) Size: 10 x 12 feet Prototype: Death Valley RR Era: 1915 Mainline run: 44 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnouts: Peco medium Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the May 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bayport Division of the Soo Line Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 21 x 30 feet Prototype: free-lance division of the Soo Line Period: 1970s Style: around-the-walls walk-in with peninsulas Mainline run: 126 feet Minimum radius: 18″ (most mainline curves are 30″) Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wildcat Central Scale: HO (1:87) Originally appeared in the January 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Bakersfield subdivisions Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 30½ feet Prototype: Southern Pacific’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains (Santa Fe has trackage rights) Theme: heavy freight and passenger mountain crossing Period: 1950s to present Style: around the walls and peninsula Minimum radius: 21″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Arkansas & Missouri Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 16 feet Era: present Style: along-the-walls shelf Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 6 percent Originally appeared in the February 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Black Rock & Marmot Ry. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 14 feet Prototype: free-lance Period: 1960s Style: around the walls with a peninsula Mainline run: 68 feet (2.1 scale miles) Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 1999 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Midland Continental Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14′-9″ x 31′-3″ Theme: prairie railroading Year: 1964 Mainline run: 81 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-6″ x 19′-6″ Prototype: NH electrified zone Period: 1950s to 1960s Style: around-the-walls and peninsula Mainline run: 65 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the August 2004 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific, First Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 19 x 19 feet Prototype: Western Pacific Period: 1966 Style: walk-in, around-the-walls Mainline run: 125 feet (2 scale miles) Minimum radius: 26″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4, no. 6 on main Maximum grade: 3 percent Click here to download […]
