Name: Jones Island Scale: 1:24 and 1:29 proportion Size: 28 x 28 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Jones Island and the south side of Milwaukee, Wis. Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main line); 24″ (streetcar track) Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the April 2009 issue […]
Name: New Haven’s Derby Junction Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15′-6″ x 19′-6″ Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Locale: Shelton/Derby, Conn., and Maybrook, N.Y. Era: late 1940s to mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: 32¼” (main), 24″ (sidings) Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), no. 4 (sidings) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent […]
Name: Puffer Bridge Lines Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 25 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: freelanced United States Era: contemporary Style: walk around Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (yards) Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the February 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF […]
Name: Colorado & Southern Ohio Creek Extension Scale: On3 and On21/2 (1:48) Size: 28′-3″ x 29′-8″ plus 28′-0″ branch (Ruby-Irwin) Prototype: On3 Colorado & Southern with freelanced On2½ Elk Mountain Timber Co. Ry. Locale: Gunnison County, Colo. Period: late summer of 1942 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum radius: 37″ with easements Minimum turnout: […]
Name: Old Colony & South Shore RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24′-6″ x 33′-6″ with an 8′-0″ x 16′-6″ staging area Prototype: Boston & Maine RR Locale: New England Era: 1920 to 1940 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in Great Model […]
Name: Somerset County Traction System, Easton & Amboy RR, and Harter Felsen Quarry Co. Scale: O (1:48) and On21/2 Size: 32 x 40 feet with 10 x 20 foot extension in crawl space Prototype: freelance Locale: north central New Jersey Period: September 1957 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 350 feet (SCTS), 225 feet (E&A), and 35 […]
Track plans See the track plans of John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid, along with a operating schematics. ABOUT THIS ARTICLE Appeared in: January, 2009 issue of Model Railroader Magazine John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid track plan 1 John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid track plan 2 John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid track plan 3 John Allen’s […]
Name: Virginian & Ohio Scale: HO (1:87) Layout size: 43 x 54 feet Prototype: free-lanced, Ohio to Virginia Locale: Virginia and West Virginia Period: 1975 Style: linear walkaround Layout height: 45″ to 63″ Benchwork: open grid Maximum grade: 1.77 percent Originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a […]
Name: Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 28 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Northern Illinois Era: present day Style: walkaround Mainline run: 165 feet Minimum radius: 20″ (main), 13″ (staging) Minimum turnout: handlaid, no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]
Name: Housatonic Valley Ry. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 8 x 9 feet Prototype: freelances Period: 1930s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 43 feet Minimum radius: 9.5″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Name: Indiana & Aurora RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6 x 7 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Northern Inidana Era: 1970s Style: doughnut Minimum run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 21′-6: x 30’0:” Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey Era: 1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 25″ Minimum turnout: no.6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track […]
