Track plan at a glance Name: Arvern Bay Terminal RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12′-6″ x 18′-8″ Prototype: Eastern urban short line; fictitious subsidiary of the CNJ Period: September 1944 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 22″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the March […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bedroom layout Scale: HO (1:87) Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 and no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Benedict & Wexford Scale: HO Size: 10 x 10 Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the December 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bogg’s Landing & Trotwater RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 8 x 12 feet Theme: free-lance short line Period: 1930s Style: walk-in horseshoe Mainline run: 63 feet (72 feet with continuouss-run connection) Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2001 issue […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Buffalo Valley RR Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 28 x 38 feet Prototype: free-lanced mountain railroad Period: 1930-1950 Style: around-the-wall shelf Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glance Name: C & O New River Subdivision at Sewell, W. VA. Scale: N (1:160) Originally appeared in the August 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade, Wash. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 7′-3″ x 8′-9″ Prototype: Great Northern and Northern Pacific Period: mid-1950s Style: L-shaped folded loop, movable Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 11″ hidden; 14½” main line Manimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2000 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Cabin Creek Branch Scale: O (1:48) Size: 19 x 30 feet Theme: coal hauling branch line with logging and a sawmill Period: 1949 Style: walk-in, around-the-walls Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radii: 38″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 5 percent up to sawmill, main line […]
Track plan at a glance Name: City Edge Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 24 x 40 feet Theme: fictional urban railroad based on locations in Chicago and St. Louis Era: 1950 to present day Style: around the walls Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 38″ on the main line and 22″ in the warehouse district Minimum […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Old Colony & South Shore RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24′-6″ x 33′-6″ with an 8′-0″ x 16′-6″ staging area Prototype: Boston & Maine Period: 1920 to 1940 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Columbia Valley & Western Scale: S (1:64) Size: 18 x 19 feet Prototype: free-lanced Period: 1957 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 95 feet Minimum radius: 29″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Coon Creek Lumber Co. Scale: O (1:48) narrow gauge Size: 21 x 25 feet Prototype: various logging railroads Period: 1925 Style: liner walkaround Mainline run: 265 feet Minimum radius: narrow gauge 36″, standard gauge 65″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 8 percent Originally appeared in the March 2003 […]
