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Name: Dolly Varden Layout owner: Dave Revelia Scale: On30 (1:48 proportion, 30″ track gauge) Size: 3 x 28 feet Prototype: Dolly Varden RR Locale: British Columbia, Canada Era: 1920s Style: shelf Mainline run: 28 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 5 percent Benchwork: aluminum Height: 40″ Roadbed: cork Track: flextrack […]
Brass Expo 2016 was held on October 1 and 2 at the Westin Hotel in Wheeling, IL (The Chicago North Shore). The show featured manufacturers, historical displays, and some of the finest brass railroad models in the world. James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel attended the show and provides this VIP look. […]
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Railway Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1 to 13.7 or 7/8″ to the foot Theme: A rural Maine two foot gauge line Description: Follow along with the hand car as the section man inspects the line. This is the second hand car as […]
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Name: Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. Layout owner: Ron Hale Scale: HO (1:87.1) Layout size: 22′-6″ x 38′-6″ Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Southern Ry. and Western Maryland Ry. Locale: Appalachian Mountains from Blue Ridge, N.C., to Allegany, Md. Era: 1952 Mainline run: 173 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (main), 28″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
Name: Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Layout owner: David Kampsnider Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 26 x 30 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: Oklahoma Era: 1951 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum radius: 34″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (spurs) Maximum grade: 1 percent (main),2.2 percent (helix) Benchwork: 1 […]
Name: Interstate RR – Dorchester and Roaring Fork branches Layout designer: Christian Javier Scale: N (1:160) Prototype: Interstate RR Locale: Wise County, Va. Era: 1967 Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent (main) This track plan originally appeared in the November 2016 Model Railroader. […]
Don’t miss the 10 inspiring layouts featured in Great Model Railroads 2017. This special issue of Model Railroader magazine features a wide variety of model train layouts in N, HO, and O scales. As a special online bonus, you can download computer desktop wallpaper from each of the featured layouts. Want to see more of […]
The center section on Mark’s layout. Subways are on the right and electrified tracks in the middle. BC Rail Route on the upper level Catenary Route Lower level mainline Upper level outside mainline Streetcar line on the upper level Upper level logging route Don’t miss the feature story of Mark Horne’s railroad in the November […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that work on the trackwork, scenery, structures, details, motive power and rolling stock is nearly complete on our Winston-Salem Southbound HO scale project layout, it’s time to try running it like a real railroad. But before a single axle turns, MRVP’s David […]
