Track plan at a glanceName: Boston & Maine’s New Hampshire DivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 16 x 29 feet (in two rooms)Prototype: B & M (also Barre & Chelsea, Canadian Pacific, and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County)Period: November 1952Style: walkaround point-to-pointMinimum radii: 24″Minimum turnouts: handlaid with no. 6 minimum frog; many are curvedMaximum grade: main line is […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Golden Empire IIScale: Z (1:220)Size: 7 x 7 feetPrototype: Southern PacificPeriod: 1950sStyle: donutMainline run: 33 feetMinimum radius: 11″Originally appeared in the March 2004 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 glanceName: Claremont & Concord Ry.Scale: G scaleLayout size: 18′-6″ x 10′-6″Scale of plan: 1/2″ = 1’0″, 12 gridOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Deer MountainScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 8 feetPrototype: free-lancedPeriod: late-1940s to mid-1950sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 0Originally appeared in the June 2004 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 glanceName: Dorrville BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 40″ x 60″Prototype: New York, New Haven & HartfordTheme: small-town freightPeriod: around 1960Style: tabletopMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Originally appeared in the September 2004 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 glanceName: Eaglecreek & NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-10″ x 14′-5″Prototype: freelancePeriod: autumn 1953Style: walk-inMainline run: 84 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line), and no. 4 (yards)Maximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glanceName: L&S DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 22 x 24 feetPrototype: Baltimore & Ohio RREra: 1954Style: walk-inMainline run: 735 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Spring Creek Lumber Co. and Greenbrier & Pocahontas Central RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 23′-0″ x 25’0″Theme: Depression-era eastern logging operation and common carrier railroadPeriod: summer 1934Mainline run: 112 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main, 18″ sidingsMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 5 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Ohio SouthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 22 x 28 feet (L shaped)Prototype: Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RRPeriod: early 1970sStyle: double deck with a helix connecting levelsMainline run: 220 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 2.8 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Louisville O ScalersScale: O (1:48)Size: 15 x 45 feetPrototype: Chesapeake & OhioEra: 1950-1953Style: modularMainline run: 120 feetMinimum radius: 72″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Pennsylvania Division of the Maryland & Pennsylvania RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 8′-8″ x 22′-0″Prototype: Ma & Pa RRPeriod: 1946Style: walkaround shelfMainline run: 97 feetMinimum radius: 17.25″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the December 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Ninigret Cove BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 15 x 11 feetPrototype: New York, New Haven & HartfordTheme: small-town freightPeriod: around 1960Style: L-shaped shelfMinimum radius: 38″ (scale 4″ superelevation)Minimum turnout: no. 6, no. 8 crossoversMaximum grade: 2 percent (on the lumber siding)Originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]
