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Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Sherman Hill Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 22 x 34 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Period: spring 1954 Style: around-the-walls and peninsula Mainline run: 370 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 10 on main line, no. 6 in yards Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the March […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Boston & Maine Scale: O (1:48) Size: 17 x 28 feet Period: early 1950s or mid-1960s Style: single-level walkaround Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great Model Railroads. See a PDF version of this track plan by […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR, Jackson Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 15 x 22 feet Prototype: theoretical southern extension of the DT&I Period: 1956 Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 6, yard and industry tracks, no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Utah Colorado Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 28 x 33 feet Prototype: free-lance Period: 1967 Style: peninsula walkaround Minimum radii: 30″ on main line, 26″ on branch line Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the May 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Click this link to download a PDF […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Third Subdivision between Oroville and Portola, Calif. Period: spring 1938 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 130 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 in yards Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Dakota Northern Scale: N (1:160)Size: 12 x 13½ feetPrototype: free-lance, based on Great Northern branch linePeriod: 1975Style: shelf with peninsulaMainline run: 69 feet (2.1 scale miles)Minimum radius: 15″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.5 percentOriginally appeared in the April 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Housatonic RR Scale: HO (1:87) Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Monon Scale: N (1:160) Room size: 18 x 22 feet Prototype: Monon RR in southern Indiana Period: winter 1955 Style: shelf with peninsula Mainline run: 110 feet (3.3 scale miles) Minimum radius: 17″ Minimum turnout: handlaid no. 10 main line, no. 6 industrial Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (at Hunters) […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Utah Belt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22′-8″ x 39′-6″ Prototype: free-lanced Period: the present Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 173 feet Minimum radius: 39″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Northern Timber Co.Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10 x 16 feetPrototype: free-lancePeriod: 1935 to 1940Style: around-the-walls and peninsulaMinimum radius: 26″Minimum turnot: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.5 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Mississippi, Alabama, & GulfScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 27 feetPrototype: freelancedEra: 1950sStyle: around-the-walls and peninsulaMainline run: 47 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main line, 18″ on spur tracksMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the April 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: The Webster Groves & Fenton RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16 x 27 feet with a 7 x 13-foot extension Prototype: free-lanced bridge line Period: 1970-1990 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 117′-5″ Minimum radius: 30″ on main, 28″ on sidings Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
