Märklin HO class 218 On the prototype, the superior traction of AC motors has allowed railroads to haul more freight with the same horsepower. Märklin’s new HO scale model of the German Railway’s class 218 diesel applies that same technology to model railroading. It illustrates the potential of locomotives that are optimized for digital operation. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chicago Great Western Scale: N (1:160 proportion) Size: 11 x 24 feet Prototype: CGW’s Chicago-Oelwein, Iowa, main line Period: 1965-68 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: Peco no. 6 Maximum grade: 0 percent Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of Great Model Railroads. See […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bayport Division of the Soo Line Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 21 x 30 feet Prototype: free-lance division of the Soo Line Period: 1970s Style: around-the-walls walk-in with peninsulas Mainline run: 126 feet Minimum radius: 18″ (most mainline curves are 30″) Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Boston MTA Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 7 x 12 feet Era: 1959 Style: walk in Minimum radius: 6″ Minimum turnout: no. 2 Maximum grade: 5 percent Originally appeared in the October 1999 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cat Mountain & Santa Fe Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 30 x 36 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Era: 1978 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 400 feet Minimum radius: 29″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.25 percent Originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Harlowton extension Scale: N (1:160) Size: 1 x 8 feet Prototype: North Montana branch of the Milwaukee Road’s Rocky Mountain Division Era: late 1950s Minimum turnout: no. 4 in yard; no. 6 on main Originally appeared in the October 1999 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Leamington Yard- L&HR Scale: HO Size: 4 x 16 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 1999 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking her. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pacific Electric Southern District Originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Tall Pine RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 24 feet Prototype: freelanced Era: 1940s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 33 feet, including 16′-0″ staging yard Prototype: Wisconsin & Southern Era: present day Style: shelf Mainline run: 36 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Model […]
BLMA Models HO signal bridge An HO scale model of a lineside structure vital to modern-day railroading is the latest product from BLMA Models. The firm’s modern cantilever signal bridge is an accurate representation of a prototype seen alongside main lines all over the country. The model comes fully assembled, wired, and ready to install […]
Aristo-Craft Trains 1:29 E8 diesel Fans of large-scale model railroading can now add a sleek E unit to their passenger-hauling fleets. The Aristo-Craft E8 is an accurate 1:29-proportion model that comes within scale inches of prototype drawings in the Model Railroader Cyclopedia Vol. 2: Diesel Locomotives (Kalmbach Publishing Co., out of print). The model has […]
