Track plan at a glance Layout designer: Eric Brooman Name: Utah Belt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size:17 ‘-7″ x 23 Prototype: free-lanced Period: the present Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 173 feet Minimum radius: 39″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 1997 and in the February 1998 issue […]
Name: Milwaukee Road’s Beer Line Layout designer: Rich Steenwyk Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20 x 48 feet Prototype: Milwaukee Road Chestnut Street Branch Locale: Milwaukee Era: 1975 Style: around-the-walls Branch line run: 85 feet Minimum radius: 26″ (main), 15″ (spurs) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the November 2011 issue […]
Name: North Montana Line Layout designer: Dan Lewis Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 24 feet Prototype: Milwaukee Road Locale: central Montana Era: 1953-54 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 115 feet Minimum radius: 121⁄2″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (industrial spurs) Maximum grade: 2.2 percent Originally appeared in the September 2011 issue of Model […]
Name: New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois RR Layout designer: Dan Lawecki Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 21 x 24 feet Prototype: NJI&I (Wabash subsidiary from 1926 to 1966; Norfolk & Western branch line thereafter) Locale: South Bend, Ind. Era: 1920 or 1975 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 88 feet Minimum radius: 24 inches Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
Layout designer: Anthony Dilapi and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 16 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the May 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the links below to view PDF’s for this track plan. Track plan Parts List Schematics […]
Layout designer: Mario DiFede and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 16 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the September 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Layout designer: E. A. Engebretson and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 12 feet Track type: Atlas O Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the July 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Layout designer: Ray Stuber Scale: O Layout size: 6 x 10 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the March 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Benchwork Track plan Lower level schematics Lower level parts list Main level schematics […]
Layout designer: Don Miller Scale: O Layout size: 8 x 15 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the May 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Two trains, one main line, no crashes track plan Two trains, one main line components […]
Name: C&O Logan Subdivision Layout designer: Jeff Ashby Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 15 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Chesapeake & Ohio Locale: West Virginia Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in with multilevel peninsula Mainline run: 99 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Model […]
The goal of this six-part layout construction series is to provide new hobbyists with a 4 x 8-foot permanent O gauge layout using contemporary tracklaying, wiring, and scenery-making techniques. Since a toy train set can be a wonderful entry point for new hobbyists, the origins of this logging-themed layout stem from a current Lionel starter […]
Name: Naugatuck Valley RR 3.0 Layout designer: David Popp Scale: N (1:160) Size: 16 x 17 feet Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Locale: Naugatuck River Valley in Connecticut Era: fall 1948 Style: walkaround Mainline run: Waterbury/south 53 feet, Waterbury/north 13 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Click on the link […]
