Track plan at a glance Name: Spokane Valley & Northern Scale: HO Size: 4 x 8 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the May 2002 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: White River & Northern Scale: N (1:160) Size: 7 x 10 feet Prototype: free-lance tourist and freight line Period: late ’70s to late ’80s Style: shelf Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 2000 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Athabasca System Scale: N (1:160) Size: 8 x 11 feet plus two 8-foot detachable staging yards Theme: bridge line Era: late 1980s Style: doughnut Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 1998 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Gordon Paper Co. Scale: HO Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco Originally appeared in the November 1998 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Montana Rail Link Third Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9’1″ x 16′-5″ Prototype: Montana Rail Link Era: 1990s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 18″, except where marked Minimum turnout: Peco large radius Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the July 2007 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southwestern Pacific Scale: N (1:160) Size: 13′-6″ x 18′-0″ Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Period: transition era Style: island with walk-in aisle Mainline run: 90 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sterling Secondary Scale: N (1:160) Size: 10 x 12 feet Prototype: CSX and Norfolk Southern Period: 1999 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 17″ main line, 15″ industrial track Minimum turnout: no. 6, turnouts set at no. 5 angle in Livernois Yard Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Glass Rock & Eastern Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 10′-0″ x 11′-6″ Prototype: Ohio Southern RR Era: 1988 Mainline run: north-south lines, 53 feet; west line, 28 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cactus Valley RR Scale: HO Size: 4 x 8 feet Originally appeared in the December 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Colorado’s Joint Line Scale: HO Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan Version 1 Version 2 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Conrail New Jersey Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 40 feet Theme: modern freight, passenger, commuter, and industrial railroading Period: 1980s to 1998 Style: point-to-point, multiple railroad routes Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 22″ on main lines, 18″ on branch lines and industrial trackage Minimum turnout: no. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Denver, Front Range & Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 25 x 40 feet Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western Period: mid- to late 1980s Style: double deck, around the walls Mainline run: 375 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the […]
