Name: CSX Southside Spur Scale: N (1:160) Size: 12 x 15 feet Prototype: CSX Locale: St. Petersburg, Fla. Era: 2004 Style: along the walls Mainline run: not applicable Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 10 Maximum grade: none The track plan initially appeared in the November 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]
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Name: Colorado Narrow Gauge Scale: On30 (1:48 proportion, 30″ track gauge) Size: 2 x 15 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: inspired by the Colorado Rocky Mountains Era: early 20th century Style: freestanding modular display Mainline run: 15 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: extruded-foam insulation board Height: 48″ Roadbed: Styrofoam […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode associate editor Cody Grivno will show you the RIP track on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. He’ll also give you some tips for fixing up your freight car models, including adding coupler […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode associate editor Cody Grivno will show you the RIP track on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. He’ll also give you some tips for fixing up your freight car models, including adding coupler […]
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Name: The Mann’s Creek Ry. Scale: HO (1:87:1) and HOn3 (1:87:1, 3-foot-gauge) Size: 11′-3″ x 14′-7″ Prototype: The Mann’s Creek Ry., and Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Locale: New River Gorge, W.Va. Era: Monday afternoon, Aug. 1, 1928 Style: walk-in Mainline run: Mann’s Creek, 60 feet, C&O feet Minimum radius: 18″ (both) Minimum turnout: no. 4 […]
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Name: Narragansett RR Scale: On3 (O scale, 3-foot gauge) Size: 24 x 24 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Narragansett Pier RR Locale: Narragansett, R.I. Era: 1950 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 78 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: L-girder and tabletop Height: 601⁄2″ Roadbed: Homasote on spline subroadbed Track: handlaid […]
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Name: Great Lakes & Western Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 37 x 48 feet Theme: freelanced Class 1 with standard gauge logging and narrow gauge branch lines Locale: Midwest to Western United States Era: 1940s to present day (depends on operating session) Style: walk-in Mainline run: approx. 800 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main line), 26″ (narrow […]
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Name: Manassas Junction, Va. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 34″ x 52.5″ Prototype: Manassas Gap RR and Orange & Alexandria RR Locale: Manassas Junction, Va. Era: July 1861 Style: diorama Mainline run: 4′-4″ Minimum radius: 19″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: 1 x 2 frame with 1⁄4″ plywood top Height: 47′-6″ Roadbed: built […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a first look at the new ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) equipped GP60 from Fox Valley Models and other new HO and N scale model railroading products in this month’s Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you a […]
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