Name: Wharf Street Layout designer: Art Fahie Scale: S (1:64:1) Size: 6 x 17 foot L Prototype: Maine two-foot gauge railroads Locale: Maine coast Era: 1925 Style: shelf diorama Mainline run: n/a Minimum radius: 22″ Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2014. Click here to download a PDF of this track […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page After building the tank and roof in part 1 of this Video Step by Step project, Steven Otte shows you how he completed his model of an HO scale wood water tank. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page After building the tank and roof in part 1 of this Video Step by Step project, Steven Otte shows you how he completed his model of an HO scale wood water tank. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Steven Otte needed several wood water tanks for his layout, so he decided to scratchbuild them using stripwood and common materials. In part one of this two-part video, Steve shows you how he built the tank and the roof. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Steven Otte needed several wood water tanks for his layout, so he decided to scratchbuild them using stripwood and common materials. In part one of this two-part video, Steve shows you how he built the tank and the roof. […]
Name: The Gypsy Trolley Line Layout designer: John Kosma Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 2 x 34 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee and The Milwaukee Electric Ry. & Light Co. Locale: Milwaukee Era: 1939 to 1941 Style: freestanding, modular display Mainline run: 68 feet Minimum radius: 7″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Central of Georgia Ry. Had a number of branch lines, and two of them connected to the main line in Wadley, Georgia. This HO scale track plan models the Lousiville & Wadley and the Wadley Southern Ry. In a 13 x 15 […]
Name: Denver & Rio Grande, Western 4th Division and Rio Grande Southern Layout designer: Jim Hoffman Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, narrow gauge) Size: D&RGW 24 x 28 feet, RGS 18 x 26 feet Prototype: D&RGW, RGS Locale: New Mexico/Colorado Era: late 1930s to early 1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: […]
Name: Cumberland & Ohio Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Theme: coal mining Locale: Appalachian Mountains Era: variable (1900-1970) Style: island Mainline run: 20 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the January 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of […]
Name: Sundance Central Layout designer: Sundance Central modular railroad club Scale: 1:20.3-proportion, 3-foot gauge track Size: 40 x 45 feet Theme: none Locale: southwestern United States Era: late 1930s to early 1940s Style: open grid Mainline run: 115 feet Minimum radius: 5′-6″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the December 2012 […]
Name: Yosemite Valley RR Layout designer: Jack Burgess Scale: HO (1.87.1) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: shortline railroad to Yosemite National Park Locale: San Joaquin Valley and Merced River Canyon in California Era: August 1939 Style: multi-level Mainline run: 112 feet Minimum radius: 22″ with spiral easements Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.3 […]
Name: Western Pacific RR Layout designer: Bob Grech Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17′-6″ x 25′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: freelanced Era: 1935 to mid-1940s Style: walk in Minimum radius: 26″ (main line), 24″ (hidden reverse loop) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click here […]
