Name: Missabe Junction Ry. (2013) Layout designer: Steve Miazga Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 18 feet Prototype: Soo Line Lakeshore Division Locale: northern Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota Era: 1960 to 1990 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 15″ (main line), 11″ (sidings and yards) Originally appeared in the November 2013 Model Railroader. […]
Name: Eaglecreek & Northern Ry. engine terminal module Layout designer: Flemming Ørneholm’s Size: 2 x 5 feet with 41⁄2″ x 10′-0″ staging track shelf Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: western United States Era: 1955 Style: module Minimum radius: 28″ Originally appeared in the October 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of […]
Name: Calumet & South Chicago RR Layout designer: Michael Sharp Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 14′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: Calumet Region of northwest Indiana Era: mid- to late-1960s Style: double-deck shelf Mainline run: n/a Minimum radius: 21″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: n/a Originally appeared in the October 2013 Model Railroader. Click on […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout designer: Bill Hughes Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-6″ x 24′-9″ Locale: New Jersey Era: transition era Style: Walk-in Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ballasting turnouts can be tricky because there’s a lot of potential for the little stones and glue to interfere with the proper operation of the points. Cody Grivno shows you an easy technique for ballasting turnouts that keeps the points working just like […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ballasting turnouts can be tricky because there’s a lot of potential for the little stones and glue to interfere with the proper operation of the points. Cody Grivno shows you an easy technique for ballasting turnouts that keeps the points working just like […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You can improve the operation on most any railroad by installing turnouts with powered frogs. David shows you how we set up the Thin Branch project railroad with turnout frogs powered through switch motor contacts. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You can improve the operation on most any railroad by installing turnouts with powered frogs. David shows you how we set up the Thin Branch project railroad with turnout frogs powered through switch motor contacts. […]
With Cass Shay No. 4 lettered for the scrapper that was dismantling the railroad, a governor’s special visits the wye located at Camp One on Bald Knob on April 23, 1961. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by John P. Killoran […]
Name: Lehigh & Keystone Valley Layout designer: Lehigh & Keystone Valley model railroading club Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 45 x 60 feet Theme: Eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey Locale: Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley Era: 1950-1970 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 960 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent in helix […]
Name: Central California RR Layout designers: Robert Jackson and Brian Jackson Scale: S (1:64) Size: 27 x 39 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (diesel) and Southern Pacific (steam and diesel) Locale: Fresno to Sacramento, Calif. Era: 1955-1959 Style: walkaround Height: 55″ to 58″ Benchwork: L-girder Roadbed: Homabed Track: code 100 flextrack and handlaid […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Need a lot of tree-covered hills on your layout? In this video, MR’s editor Neil Besougloff shows you how to make common puffball trees. This technique models just the treetops, and it’s a great way to fill background hills with trees quickly. […]
