Track plan at a glance Name: Glass Rock & Eastern Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 10′-0″ x 11′-6″ Prototype: Ohio Southern RR Era: 1988 Mainline run: north-south lines, 53 feet; west line, 28 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also […]
Track plan at a glance Name: National Docks Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-6″ x 17′-0″ Era: World War II Mainline run: 39 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the February 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Silverton Central Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 6 x 24 feet Era: 1928-1935 Style: sectional Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 31″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Algoma River RR Scale: On3 (1:48 proportion, three-foot narrow gauge) Size: 19½ x 22½ feet plus extension into workshop Prototype: free-lance Period: late 1920s, early 1930s Style: walk-in, walkaround Mainline run: 108 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (30″ on branch) Minimum turnout: approximately no. 4, handlaid to fit Maximum grade: […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Boston & Maine New England North Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 16×16 xq. ft. Prototype: B&M in western Massachusetts Period: 1920-1955 Style: around the walls with a peninsula Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: main line 24″, yard 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Carrabasset & Dead River Ry. Scale: HOn2½ (1:87) Size: 28 x 28 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on Maine two-foot gauge prototypes Period: 1941 Style: around-the-walls walkaround Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: fall in Appalachia Era: late 1940s to early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 253 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.2 percent Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great […]
Track plan at a glance Name: C.W. North Logging RR Scale: On3 (1:48, 3-foot narrow gauge) Size: 2 x 16 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania logging railroads Period: 1930s Style: sectional Mainline run: 16 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Forks Creek & Central RRScale: HO standard gaugeSize: 11 x 15 feetPrototype: Colorado & SouthernPeriod: autumn 1905Style: walk-in along two wallsMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: Peco no. 4 and no. 6, with Switchmaster machinesMaximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Hessel & Lone Pine RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13½ x 24 feet Prototype: free-lanced short line Period: 1930s Style: walkaround Minimum radii: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific in Los Angeles Period: early 1950s Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Originally appeared in the March 1999 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1963 Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 for crossovers and sidings, no. 6 for spurs Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the 2006 […]
