Track plan at a glance Name: C & O New River Subdivision at Sewell, W. VA. Scale: N (1:160) Originally appeared in the August 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade, Wash. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 7′-3″ x 8′-9″ Prototype: Great Northern and Northern Pacific Period: mid-1950s Style: L-shaped folded loop, movable Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 11″ hidden; 14½” main line Manimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2000 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Cabin Creek Branch Scale: O (1:48) Size: 19 x 30 feet Theme: coal hauling branch line with logging and a sawmill Period: 1949 Style: walk-in, around-the-walls Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radii: 38″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 5 percent up to sawmill, main line […]
Track plan at a glance Name: City Edge Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 24 x 40 feet Theme: fictional urban railroad based on locations in Chicago and St. Louis Era: 1950 to present day Style: around the walls Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 38″ on the main line and 22″ in the warehouse district Minimum […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Columbia Valley & Western Scale: S (1:64) Size: 18 x 19 feet Prototype: free-lanced Period: 1957 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 95 feet Minimum radius: 29″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cunningham’s Gap in HO Scale: HO Size: 10 x 11 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the March 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: E&W Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20′-6″ x 27′-0″ Theme: free-lanced Pennsylvania RR branch line Period: 1950s Style: point-to-point around the walls with walk-in access Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: main line 28″ Minimum turnout: main line no. 6, industries no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Elk Creek & Western Scale: On½ (1:48, 2½-foot gauge) Minimum radius: 18″ Maximum grade: 3.3 percent Originally appeared in the January 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Federal Street Scale: HO (1:87 with Proto:87 fine scale standards) Size: 2′-0″ x 11′-6″ Theme: industrial branch line Era: mid-1950s Style: shelf Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Fort Travis & Dayton Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 9½ x 19 feet Theme: industrial switching Period: mid-’50s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.1 percent (¼” per foot) Originally appeared in the November 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Georgia Southern RRScale: HO (1:87)Size: 8 x 8 feet with center operating areaTheme: free-lance, fictitious subsidiary of the Georgia RR with branch linePeriod: summer 1957Style: two-lap oval with three-track staging yardMainline run: 32 feetMinimum radius: 24″ main line, 20″ through curved turnouts, 18″ on sidingsMinimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: GTW Romeo Sub Scale: O Size: 11 x 15 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main), 24″ (staging) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF […]
