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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for October 2017
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, as he shows you how to install a Berrett Hill Trains Touch Toggle to control a Tortoise by Circuitron turnout switch machine. Cody will […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for October 2017
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, as he shows you how to install a Berrett Hill Trains Touch Toggle to control a Tortoise by Circuitron turnout switch machine. Cody will […]
HO scale Granite Falls Ethanol RR
Name: Granite Falls Ethanol RR Layout owner: Rolf Malmborg Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 24 feet Prototype: BNSF Ry., Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Canadian Pacific Locale: Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana Era: 2013 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 180 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (staging and industry sidings) […]
HO scale Great Midwestern RR
Name: Great Midwestern RR Layout owner: Pete Walton Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 36′-6″ x 63′-0″ Prototype: freelance Locale: generic Midwest, based on northwest Illinois Era: 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline Run: 600 feet Minimum Radius: 27″ (yard), 31″ (main) Minimum Turnout: no. 4 (yard), no. 8 (main) Maximum Grade: 2 percent Benchwork: open grid […]
HO scale H&R Steel Co.
Name: H&R Steel Co. Layout owner: Mike Rabbitt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18 x 33 feet Theme: integrated steel mill Locale: Midwest United States Era: steam-to-diesel transition era Style: walk-in Mainline run: 135 feet Minimum radius: 30” (main), 12″ (mill) Minimum turnout: no. 3 (in mill) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 46″ […]
HO scale Pacific & Eastern
Name: Pacific & Eastern Layout owner: Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 26 x 52 feet Prototype: semi-freelanced Locale: southern Oregon Era: 1989 Style: double-deck walk-in Mainline run: 531 feet Minimum radius: 34″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings) Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (main), 4 percent (logging branch) Benchwork: engineered […]
N scale Danforth, Hadley & Northern RR
Name: Danforth, Hadley & Northern RR Layout owner: Ken Chick Scale: N (1:160) Size: 38 x 52 feet Prototype: freelanced, based on Northern Pacific Locale: Central Montana Era: 1954 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 400 feet Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 20″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), no. 4 (industrial spurs) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent (main), 2.25 […]
N scale Pennsylvania RR
Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout owner: Chris Broughton Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 27 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: Eastern U.S. Era: 1954 Style: modular walk-in Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 7 (yards and industries), no. 10 (crossovers) Maximum grade: none Benchwork: Free-moN modules Height: 50″ Roadbed: cork Track: Atlas […]
On30 Otter Creek & Ripton
Name: Otter Creek & Ripton Layout owner: David McLeod Scale: On30 (1:48, 30″ gauge) Size: 12 x 15 feet Theme: freelanced New England narrow gauge short line Locale: central Vermont Era: 1912 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 61 feet Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 18″ (branch) Minimum turnout: Peco medium radius Maximum grade: 4.5 percent […]
O scale Colorado Midland
Name: Colorado Midland Ry. Layout owner: Andrew Dodge Scale: Proto:48 (O fine scale) Size: 28 x 28 feet plus 13 x 18 feet Prototype: Colorado Midland Locale: western Colorado Era: 1897 Style: single-deck walkaround Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radius: 46″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Benchwork: open grid Height: 44″ to 63″ Roadbed: 1⁄2″ plywood […]
F scale Chester & Becket Ry.
Name: Chester & Becket Ry. Layout designers: Steve Morrill, John Sacerdote, Doug Scott, Michael Tylick Scale: F (1:20.3) Size: 16 x 20 feet Prototype: freelanced, based on Chester & Becket Locale: Western Massachusetts Era: mid-1930s Style: sectional Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum Radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 3 Maximum grade: 5 percent Benchwork: plywood box girder Height: […]
