Name: Iowa Interstate RR Grimes Line Layout designer: James McNab Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 18′-8″ Prototype: IAIS Grimes Industrial Track Locale: Greater Des Moines, Iowa Period: September 2008 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 52 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in Great Model Railroads 2015. Click […]
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Name: Annaville & Adirondack Layout owner: Sandy Colabufo Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 21 feet Prototype: Freelanced, inspired by Delaware & Hudson Locale: upstate New York (Adirondack region) Era: 1950 to late 1960s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 104 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (mainline), no. 4 (sidings and yards) Maximum grade: […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Big blow turbines and subway cars highlight this latest edition of Cody’s Office. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s layout where he’ll give you a quick demo of the all-new ESU LokSound equipped, HO scale Union Pacific GTEL […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Big blow turbines and subway cars highlight this latest edition of Cody’s Office. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s layout where he’ll give you a quick demo of the all-new ESU LokSound equipped, HO scale Union Pacific GTEL […]
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Name: Dayton & Southern Layout owner: Dave Sellers Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-9″ x 47′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Baltimore & Ohio branch Locale: Southwest Ohio Era: steam-to-diesel transition Style: walk-in Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Maximum grade: 3 percent Minimum turnout: no. 4 Benchwork: L-girder, open grid, and shelf Height: 36″ to 52″ Roadbed: […]
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Name: Kansas City Terminal Ry. Layout owner: Jim Senese Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11 x 21 plus 11 x 40 Prototypes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Kansas City Southern; Kansas City Terminal; Missouri-Kansas-Texas; Missouri Pacific; and St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco). Locale: Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas Time: 3 p.m. Nov. 15, 1980 Style: around-the-walls Mainline […]
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Name: Santa Fe, Colorado & Western RR Layout owner: Scale Rails club Scale: N (1:87.1) and HOn3 (HO scale, 3 foot track gauge) Size: 27 x 42 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande Western Locale: California and Colorado Era: 1955-1965 Style: multi-level, walk-in Mainline run: 731 feet Minimum radius: […]
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Name: West Virginia & Southern Ry. Layout owner: Terry B. Ketcham Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 40 feet Prototype: Norfolk & Western Locale: Southeastern W.Va. Era: 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 360 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 32″, 44″ and 60″ Roadbed: Homabed Track: code […]
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Name: San Juan del Oro Layout owner: Eduardo Romo Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1 proportion, 3-foot gauge track) Size: 6 x 10 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Southwest Colorado Era: 1932 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 64 feet in two independent loops Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 49″ to 76″ […]
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Name: Bone Valley Layout owner: Alex Marchand Scale: N (1:160) Size: 4 x 7 feet Prototype: CSX/Seaboard System Locale: West-central Florida Era: late 1980s Style: gallery Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: none Maximum grade: none Benchwork: Homasote on open-grid Height: 59″ Roadbed: Woodland Scenics Track: Micro Engineering code 55 Backdrop: Printed […]
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Name: Tidewater Southern RR Layout owner: Scale Rails club Scale: N (160:1) Size: 4′-1″ x 27′-0″ plus 24″ x 48″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: Eastern United States Era: 1950-1970 Style: island Mainline run: 162 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: modular Height: 40″ Roadbed: cork Track: code 80 flextrack Scenery: […]
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