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Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 6 x 12 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the October 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Twin loops with a twist track plan Twin loops with a twist schematic Twin loops with a twist components […]
Our “Collecting” section of ClassicToyTrains.com is hosted by Senior Editor Roger Carp who is excited to share his knowledge and love of the classics, pre-and postwar trains, accessories, and the companies that produced them. Watch the video below for the latest Focus On Classics overview. […]
Nuckolls Packing is one of many structures depicted in period photos of Telluride shot from the mountain south of town and published in The RGS Story, Volume II by Russ Collman (Sundance Publications, out of print). The industry was on a siding, so it was an ideal subject for my model, which would serve as […]
Name: Creamery Junction Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4′-8″ x 16′-8″ Prototype: Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany Locale: Ware Valley, Mass. Era: variable Style: multi-level Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.6 percent Originally appeared in the December 2011 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Name: Moffat Road Layout designer: Mike Danneman Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18′-6″ x 24′-9″ Prototype: Rio Grande Locale: Colorado Style: walkaround Era: early 1960s and early 1980s Mainline run: 258 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no 8 (main), no. 6 (yard) Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the December 2011 issue of Model […]
Name: Santa Fe, 1951 Layout designer: Gary Hoover Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 49 feet plus 13 x 19 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: Chicago to California Era: 1951 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Name: Western Electric Empire, City & Suburban Lines Layout designer: Bill Everett Scale: O (1:48) Size: 15′-11″ x 25′-0″ Prototype: Pacific Electric System Locale: freelanced, inspired by Los Angeles area Era: 1920s to 1940s Style: around the walls Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: no. 2 Maximum grade: 5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2011 […]
Download the PDF of this project here. These plans were made to accompany Bob Barton’s article “Build a simple, eight-wheel caboose,” from the December 2011 issue. […]
Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to decal number boards on a locomotive. […]
Name: Fairmont, Morgantown & Pittsburgh (“The Sheepskin”) Layout designer: Steve Williams Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18′-0″ x 23′-6″ Prototype: Baltimore & Ohio secondary main line Locale: Fayette County, Pa. Era: June 1952 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 62 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (main), 27″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (branch and yard) Maximum […]
Name: Grosser’s Nostalgia Trip Layout designer: Ray Grosser Scale: O scale (1:48) Size: 22 x 38 feet Prototype: Soo Line Locale: western Minnesota Era: 1956 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 50″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared Great Model Railroads 2012. Click on the link to download the […]
