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Track plan at a glance Name: Denver, Front Range & Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 25 x 40 feet Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western Period: mid- to late 1980s Style: double deck, around the walls Mainline run: 375 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Donner Pass Scale: N Originally appeared in the April 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan Version 1 Version 2 […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Forks Creek & Central RRScale: HO standard gaugeSize: 11 x 15 feetPrototype: Colorado & SouthernPeriod: autumn 1905Style: walk-in along two wallsMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: Peco no. 4 and no. 6, with Switchmaster machinesMaximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1963 Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 for crossovers and sidings, no. 6 for spurs Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the 2006 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New York Central Valley Division Scale: S (1:64) Size: 20 x 30 feet Prototype: New York Central Era: 1948 to 1952 Style: around the walls with operating aisles Mainline run: 305 feet Minimum radius: main line 48″ (hidden), 54″ (visible), 24″ industrial Minimum turnout: main line, no. 6, industrial […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division Scale: N scale (1:160) Size: 18 x 32 feet Prototype: free-lanced but based on the NS line from Bluefield, Va. to Williamson, W.Va. Period: modern day Style: around the wall Mainline run: 122 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Puffer Bridge Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 8′-7″ x 19′-4½” Prototype: free-lance Period: early 1970s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 44 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 in yards; no. 6 on main line Maximum grade: less than ½ percent Originally appeared in the 2002 issue […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sud Pacifico con Otros (Spanish for “Southern Pacific with Others”) Scale: HO and HOn3 Size: 12 x 22 feet Theme: Southern Pacific Era: early 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: approximately 100 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2002 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Tehachapi Pass Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 15 x 16 feet Prototype: Union Pacific (former Southern Pacific); Burlington Northern Santa Fe (former Santa Fe) has trackage rights Period: present Style: around the walls, walk-in Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 on main, no. 6 in yard Maximum grade: 2.5 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Walla Walla Valley Ry. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 10 x 11 feet Prototype: Walla Walla Valley Ry. Period: 1968 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: Peco medium radius Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click here […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Western Route of the Boston & Maine Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 11 x 13 feet Theme: B&M with Maine Central interchange Period: late 1950s-early ’60s Style: center access with surrounding staging Mainline run: 67 feet (27 feet visible plus 40 feet in staging) Minimum radius: 31″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wyoming Division of the Union Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 26 x 45½ feet Prototype: Union Pacific Era: 1938 to 1960 Style: around the walls with duckunder Minimum radii: main line 48″, branch line 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: main line 1.8 percent, branch line 3.8 percent […]
