Track plan at a glance Name: Lorigan Lumber Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Theme: free-lance narrow gauge logging railroad Period: late 1930s Style: walkaround shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Montandon Branch Scale: N Size: 2 x 4 feet Minimum radius: 9¾’ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Montandon Branch […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Northern Timber Co. Scale: HO Theme: logging with Shay locomotives Period: 1925 to 1930 Style: modular Minimum radii: 32″ (main line), 26″ (logging line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line) and no. 4 (logging line) Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Reading Co. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 2½ x 17½ feet (city scene) Theme: urban industrial switching Period: late 1930s, early 1940s Style: shelf with backdrop Minimum radius: 36″ (main line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line; no. 4 for industrial sidings Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: The Eastern Loggers Scale: HO (1:87)- standard and 3-foot gauge Size: 10 x 15 feet (expanding to 10 x 20 feet) Theme: Pennsylvania lumber industry and railroading Period: 1915-1925, summer Style: loop, walkaround island Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: about 6 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Timber City & Northwestern Scale: HO Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wyoming Division of the Union Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 26 x 45½ feet Prototype: Union Pacific Era: 1938 to 1960 Style: around the walls with duckunder Minimum radii: main line 48″, branch line 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: main line 1.8 percent, branch line 3.8 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Central New England Ry. with subsidiaries: Paulsbo Transportation Co. and its narrow gauge subsidiary the Davidsons RR, and the South Marchaul & Portsmouth Ry. Scale: S (1:64) Size: 21 x 34 feet Prototypes: New England Central; New York, New Haven & Hartford; and New York Central System Era: last […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Arvern Bay Terminal RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12′-6″ x 18′-8″ Prototype: Eastern urban short line; fictitious subsidiary of the CNJ Period: September 1944 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 22″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the March […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bogg’s Landing & Trotwater RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 8 x 12 feet Theme: free-lance short line Period: 1930s Style: walk-in horseshoe Mainline run: 63 feet (72 feet with continuouss-run connection) Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2001 issue […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Buffalo Valley RR Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 28 x 38 feet Prototype: free-lanced mountain railroad Period: 1930-1950 Style: around-the-wall shelf Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Old Colony & South Shore RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24′-6″ x 33′-6″ with an 8′-0″ x 16′-6″ staging area Prototype: Boston & Maine Period: 1920 to 1940 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the […]
