Oregon Short Line

Track plan at a glance Name: Oregon Short Line Scale: O (1:48) Size: 38′-6″ x 51′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific RR Era: June 1950 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 190 feet Minimum radius: 76″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 8; yards, no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model […]

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Boston & Maine New England North Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Boston & Maine New England North Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 16×16 xq. ft. Prototype: B&M in western Massachusetts Period: 1920-1955 Style: around the walls with a peninsula Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: main line 24″, yard 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in […]

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Camas Prairie Railroad

Track plan at a glance Name: Camas Prarie Railroad Minimum radius: 15″ on visible track, 12″ on hidden track Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the February 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Cascade Mountain RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade Mountain RR Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: free-lanced, influenced by Great Northern and Western Pacific Period: 1950s Style: island Minimum radius: 6″ Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF […]

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Central City & River Route RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Central City & River Route RR Scale: HO (1:87) Prototype: New York Central RR Period: 1945-’55 Style: corner walk-in Mainline run: 30 feet Minimum radii: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download […]

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Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division

A track plan for a large model railroad layout

Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: fall in Appalachia Era: late 1940s to early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 253 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.2 percent Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great […]

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Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific in Los Angeles Period: early 1950s Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Originally appeared in the March 1999 […]

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Inyo & White Mountain RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Inyo & White Mountain RRScale: HO and HOn3 (1:87)Size: 9 x 12 feetTheme: fictitious short lineEra: early ’50sMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR

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 […]

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Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern

Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 29 feet Prototype: MKT and KCS Era: late 1960s Style: continuous run with reverse loops and staging Mainline run: 140 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2¼ percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue […]

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Mohawk Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Mohawk Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 33′-0″ Theme: freelance, based on the Central Vermont Ry. Period: late 1950s to early 1960s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 64 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great […]

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Montandon Branch

Track plan at a glance Name: Montandon Branch Scale: N Size: 2 x 4 feet Minimum radius: 9¾’ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Montandon Branch […]

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