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Professor Carp’s Toy Train Emporium: Episode 6
Era: 1946 - 1970
Professor Carp’s Toy Train Emporium: Episode 6
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HO scale Iron Mountain, Marquette & Lake Superior RR
HO scale Iron Mountain, Marquette & Lake Superior RR Name: Iron Mountain, Marquette & Lake Superior RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 28 feet Prototype: freelanced, based on Lake Superior & Ishpeming Locale: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Era: 1930s to 1950s Style: Along the wall, with peninsulas Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid Height: 32″ […]
HO scale Union Pacific Butte Line
HO scale Union Pacific Butte Line Name: Butte Line Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 38 x 38 feet Prototype: Union Pacific’s branch line from Pocatello, Idaho, to Butte, Mont. Locale: Southeastern Idaho and south-central Montana Era: 1954 Style: Point-to-point walkaround Mainline run: 280 feet, including hidden staging and return loops (140 feet excluding staging) Minimum radii: […]
Member video: HO scale model hump yard construction
A simple and straight forward way to slow down those freight cars rolling down the grade, 1950s-type hump yard operations. […]
Member video: Union Pacific Big Boy HO scale steam locomotive
MTH HO scale Union Pacific no. 4006 Big Boy 4-8-8-4 hauling a reefer block around a model train layout set in 1954. […]
Member video: HO scale model hump yard construction
A simple and straight forward way to slow down those freight cars rolling down the grade, 1950s-type hump yard operations. […]
Member video: Union Pacific Big Boy HO scale steam locomotive
MTH HO scale Union Pacific no. 4006 Big Boy 4-8-8-4 hauling a reefer block around a model train layout set in 1954. […]
Ohio’s railroads: 1946 and 2006
It’s almost a cliché to call Ohio a crossroads of railroading. The state was, literally, stitched in steel. Here, the New York-Chicago and New York-St. Louis routes of the Eastern trunk lines crossed paths with Pocahontas coal roads making a beeline to Lake Erie and nearby railroad gateways (Norfolk & Western got as far as […]
HO scale Pennsylvania RR Middle Division
HO scale Pennsylvania RR Middle Division from the April 2015 Model Railroader Name: Pennsylvania RR Middle Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 36 x 36 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: Harrisburg, Pa. Era: 1945 to 1950 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main line), 24″ (branch line) Minimum turnout: no. 5 […]
HO scale Apple Valley Model RR Club
HO scale Apple Valley Model RR Club track plan from the March 2015 Model Railroader Name: Apple Valley Model RR Club Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18 x 100 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Southern Ry., Yancey RR, and Carolina & Northwestern Locale: western Carolinas Era: 1955 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 785 feet Minimum radius: […]
Z scale Cascade Mountain Railroad
The layout at a glance Name: Cascade Mountain RR Layout designer: David Miller Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 12 x 13 feet Theme: freelanced Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: 1960s to present Style: island Mainline run: 45 feet Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: 13 degrees Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 42″ to 50″ Roadbed: […]
