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Track plan at a glance Name: River Bend & Eastern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 19 x 36 feet Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RRs Period: 1965 Style: around the walls Mainline run: NYC 110 feet, PRR 136 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the August […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wisconsin Central Scale: N (1:160) Size: 11 x 13 feet Minimum radius: 14″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bay Point & DiabloScale: On2.5 (1:48 proportion, 2.5-foot gauge)Size: 11 x 12 feetPrototype: Bay Point & Clayton RREra: Early 20th centuryStyle: around the wallsMainline run: 33.5 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 5(main line), no. 4 (yard)Maximum grade: 5 percentOriginally appeared in the May 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Chesapeake & Ohio Alleghany SubdivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 16 x 21 feetPrototype: western end of the Alleghany SubdivisionEra: 1948-1952Style: walkaroundMainline run: 108 feetMinimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 8Maximum grade: 2.8 percentOriginally appeared in the June 2006 issue of Model Railroader.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: Union PacificEra: 1953Style: dioramas viewed from operating pitsMainline run: 55 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minumum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the October 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Mississippi, Alabama, & GulfScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 27 feetPrototype: freelancedEra: 1950sStyle: around-the-walls and peninsulaMainline run: 47 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main line, 18″ on spur tracksMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the April 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Montreal & Northern Ry.Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10′-4″ x 12′-6″ (L-shaped)Prototype: freelancedEra: modernStyle: portable, panoramicMainline run: 40 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 11 percentOriginally appeared in the January 2007 issue of Model Railroader.Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Red Rock NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 9 x 11 feetPrototype: freelanced short line in rural AmericaEra: variableStyle: around-the-walls with liftout sectionMainline run: 68 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the June 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sand Patch Layout designer: Robert Sprague Scale: HO Size: 12′-10″ x 13′-3″ Originally appeared in the May 2005 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: The Webster Groves & Fenton RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16 x 27 feet with a 7 x 13-foot extension Prototype: free-lanced bridge line Period: 1970-1990 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 117′-5″ Minimum radius: 30″ on main, 28″ on sidings Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: West Virginia Northern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16′-8″ x 20’8″ with 11′-0″ x 2′-0″ and 4′-0″ x 11’0″ off-layout staging Theme: freelance, based on the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Period: summer 1952 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 126 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main line) Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main line), […]
