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Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 10 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 10 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Layout designer: John Grams and Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O-27 Minimum curve: O-27 Originally appeared in the September 2009 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Modified figure-eight layout Modified Lionel plan sectional components Traditional figure-eight layout Traditional plan Lionel sectional components Layout designer: Chris Ritchie Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 6 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the any of the images to enlarge […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: MTH RealTrax Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared as an S gauge track plan in the January 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. The plan was redrawn incorporating MTH RealTrax track components. Be sure to account for the changes in height required […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson and Bob Keller Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the February, March, May, and July 2011 issues of Classic Toy Trains. Readers’ Choice Railroad Track Plan Template Readers’ Choice Railroad Schematics Readers’ Choice Parts List […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson, for the May 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: Lionel tubular track Minimum curve: O-31 See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. See a PDF version of the schematics by clicking here. […]
Name: East Rail Layout designer: Lance Mindheim Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-3″ x 9′-9″ x 16″ Prototype: CSX Locale: Miami, Fla. Era: 2006 Style: shelf Mainline run: 19 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2008. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Our preferred method of transferring a track plan to a flat tabletop uses a computer to download and print out the full-scale template of the Readers’ Choice Railroad so we can easily tell how track, accessories, and some scenery elements work on our 4 x 8-foot perimeter. Download the template here. […]
Layout designer: Jim Zare Scale: S Layout size: 5 x 10 feet Track type: American Flyer S gauge Minimum curve: 20-inch radius Originally appeared in the December 2003 issue of Classic Toy Trains. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Layout designer: Don Thompson and Mike Ferraro, S-Helper Service Co. Story and photos: V. S. Roseman Scale: S Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: S-Helper Service S-Trax Minimum curve: S-40 Originally appeared in the January and February 2006 issues of Classic Toy Trains. Build a lightweight O gauge layout Build a lightweight O […]
