Name: Pocahontas Division Layout owner: Scott Teague Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 42 feet Prototype: Norfolk Southern Locale: West Virginia Era: mid-1990s Style: walk-in Mainline Run: 436 feet (main), 198 feet (branch) Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 47″ to 74″ over three levels Roadbed: AMI […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month Steve Haynes from Peco stopped by the Model Railroader offices to show off the firm’s new static grass applicators, scenery products, and code 70 track. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you other new model trains, including HO scale […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month Steve Haynes from Peco stopped by the Model Railroader offices to show off the firm’s new static grass applicators, scenery products, and code 70 track. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you other new model trains, including HO scale […]
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Name: Clinchfield RR Layout owner: Stuart Wrightson (original version designed by John Armstrong) Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 32 feet Prototype: Clinchfield RR, CSX Locale: From Elkhorn City, Ky.,to the Tennessee/North Carolina border Era: Original plan, 1978; existing layout, present day Style: walk-in Mainline run: 223 feet (original) Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
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Name: Reading Co. Shamokin Division Layout owner: Jim Hertzog Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Reading Co. Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1952 to 1957 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 310 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.6 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 45″ to 60″ Roadbed: cork and Homasote on […]
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Name: Railroads of Elmira, N.Y. Layout owner: Joe Leahy Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 33 x 36 feet Prototype: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Erie RR Locale: Elmira, N.Y. Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: approx. 210 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings and secondary track) Maximum grade: 2 percent […]
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Name: West Wisconsin RR Layout owner: Mark Digerness Scale: 1:87.1 (HO) Size: 27 x 27 feet Prototype: Chicago & North Western Locale: northwest Wisconsin Era: early 1990s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (helix) Benchwork: open grid Height: 36″ (lower deck), 59″ (upper deck) […]
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Name: Baltimore & Ohio RR, Pittsburgh Division, P&W Subdivision Layout owner: John Babcock Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 19′-6″ x 23′-3″ Prototype: Baltimore & Ohio Locale: western Pennsylvania Era: 1966 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 125 feet (double-track main line) Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 42″ to 48″ […]
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Name: Missabe Junction Ry. (2018) Layout owner: Steve Miazga Scale: N (160:1) Size: 18 x 22 feet Prototypes: Soo Line; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range; Wisconsin Central/Fox River Valley; Canadian National; and Missabe Junction Ry. Locale: north-central Wisconsin Era: 1960 to 1990 Style: island walk-in Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
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