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Name: Bald Eagle Branch Scale: N (1:160) Size: 6 x 8 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR branch line Period: summer 1956 Style: tabletop cookie cutter Mainline run: 28 feet Minimum radius: visible 18; hidden 9″ Minimum turnout: main line no. 6; sidings no. 4 Maximum grade: main line 2 percent; sidings 6 percent Originally appeared in […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Maggie’s CoveScale: HO (1:87)Size: 4 x 8 feetTheme: logging and waterfrontPeriod: mid-1950sStyle: islandMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 17″ (inside tunnel)Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the February 2001 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Mid-Atlantic & Western Ry.Size: 2 x 10 feetScale: HO (1:87)Theme: free-lance Class 1 railroad in an urban settingPeriod: fall 1950Style: shelfMainline run: 10 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: handlaid nos. 5 to 7Originally appeared in the May 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Industrial District Scale: N (1:160) Box size: 28″ wide x 30 5/16″ deep x 18 3/32″ high (16 1/8″ deep with yard folded) Theme: free-lance urban industrial area Period: 1960s Style: oval with backstage fiddle yard Mainline run: 64″ Minimum radius: 7 5/64″ Maximum grade: none Originally […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Val Ease Central RR Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 2 x 8 feet Prototype: Union Pacific RR Era: autumn 1954 Style: display layout Mainline run: 35 feet Minimum radius: 6″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Golden Empire IIScale: Z (1:220)Size: 7 x 7 feetPrototype: Southern PacificPeriod: 1950sStyle: donutMainline run: 33 feetMinimum radius: 11″Originally appeared in the March 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Deer MountainScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 8 feetPrototype: free-lancedPeriod: late-1940s to mid-1950sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 0Originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Dorrville BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 40″ x 60″Prototype: New York, New Haven & HartfordTheme: small-town freightPeriod: around 1960Style: tabletopMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Eaglecreek & NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-10″ x 14′-5″Prototype: freelancePeriod: autumn 1953Style: walk-inMainline run: 84 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line), and no. 4 (yards)Maximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Ninigret Cove BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 15 x 11 feetPrototype: New York, New Haven & HartfordTheme: small-town freightPeriod: around 1960Style: L-shaped shelfMinimum radius: 38″ (scale 4″ superelevation)Minimum turnout: no. 6, no. 8 crossoversMaximum grade: 2 percent (on the lumber siding)Originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Roscoe, Snyder & PacificScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 13 feetPrototype: RS&PPeriod: 1930sStyle: sectionalMainline run: 33′-3″Minimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Swartz Creek No. 1 Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
