Name: C&O Mountain Subdivision Layout designer: Bernard Kempinski Scale: N (1:160) Size: 30 x 30 feet Prototype: Chesapeake & Ohio with interchange connections to the Norfolk & Western and Southern Ry. Locale: Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Era: 1950 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 175 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Panhandle Division Layout designer: Curt LaRue Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 40 x 41 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: western Pennsylvania, West Virginia panhandle, and eastern Ohio Eras: 1950-1952 (primary), 1955-1956 (secondary) Style: around the walls Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Click on the […]
Read how John Armstrong developed the Southern Pacific Lines Shasta Division for Otis McGree, Jr. Main line through the mountains […]
Name: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Layout designer: Brooks Stover Scale: S (1:64) Size: 24 x 44 feet Prototype: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Locale: West Virginia Era: 1958 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (visible track), 24″ (hidden track) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 11-1/2 percent (BC&G), 2 percent (ERC&L) Click […]
Name: Reading Co., Shamokin Division Layout designer: Jim Hertzog Scale: HO Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Reading Co. Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1952-1957 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 285 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.6 percent Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: Lakeside Lines RR Layout designer: Tom Harris Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 × 40 feet (plus staging) Prototype: freelanced, based on Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western Locale: eastern West Virginia Period: early summer, 1980 Mainline run: 146 feet Minimum turnout: no. 6 (yard), no. 8 (main) Maximum grade: 1 percent Click on […]
What can you build with $3.5 million in donations, two professional model-building companies, and thousands of hours put in by more than 40 artists and modelers, and a score of volunteers? How about The Great Train Story, a 3,500-square-foot HO scale model railroad that includes key features of Chicago, Seattle, and an impressive representation of […]
Name: Shadowton Ridge NorthernLayout designer: Matt HewittScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 30 x 45 feetTheme: freelanced subsidiary of the Norfolk & Western Ry.Locale: West VirginiaEra: 1956Style: multilevel walkaroundMainline run: 325 feetMinimum radius: 32″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 1.6 percent (in helix) Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Featured in the October 2020 Model Railroader, Thom Radice’s HO scale Western & Atlantic model train layout is set during the American Civil War and a line that ran between Atlanta, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn. […]
Name: Connecticut Co. Layout designer: Les Lewis Scale: O (1:48) Size: 23′-6″ x 39′-6″ Prototype: Connecticut Co. Locale: freelanced, inspired by New Haven, Conn. Era: 1930s to ’40s Style: modular Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: 12″ radius Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout designer: Larry Reynolds Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 27 x 43 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: From Huntingdon, Pa.,to Tunnelhill, Pa. Era: Early 1950s Style: Linear walkaround Mainline run: 320 feet Minimum radius: 38″ (main) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the August […]
Name: Maumee Route (Cleveland, Indianapolis, Cincinnati & St. Louis) Layout owner: Bill Darnaby Scale: HO (1>87) Size: 35′-2″ x 42′-1″ Prototype: free-lance, based on Nickel Plate Road and Wabash practice Period: 1955 Style: walkaround, mulit-level Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: nos. 6 to 8 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 1995 issue of […]
