Track plan at a glance Name: Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 33 feet, including 16′-0″ staging yard Prototype: Wisconsin & Southern Era: present day Style: shelf Mainline run: 36 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Model […]
Track plan at a glance Name: SBB Gotthard Line Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 30 x 50 feet Prototype: Swiss Federal Rys. Era: contemporary Style: island Mainline run: 310 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wildcat Central Scale: HO (1:87) Originally appeared in the January 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Arkansas & Missouri Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 16 feet Era: present Style: along-the-walls shelf Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 6 percent Originally appeared in the February 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Hillsboro Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20′-0″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific and Portland & Western RRs Period: 1990 to the present Style: shelf Mainline run: 50 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Click here […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chillicothe Sub Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 23 x 62 feet Prototype: Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Belt Railway of Chicago Period: present day Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radii: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2002 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Snow Creek RR Scale: Gn3 (1:20 and 1:22.5) Size: 50 x 50 feet Prototype: narrow gauge tourist railroad Period: present day Style: outdoor model railroad Mainline run: 425 feet Minimum radius: 5 feet Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Norfolk Southern Scale: N (1:160) Size: 10 x 50 feet Prototype: Norfolk Southern Era: modern Style: around the walls Mainline run: 240 feet Minimum radius: 27″ main line, 22″ branch line Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the 2001 issue of Great Model Railroads. See a PDF version […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division Scale: N scale (1:160) Size: 18 x 32 feet Prototype: free-lanced but based on the NS line from Bluefield, Va. to Williamson, W.Va. Period: modern day Style: around the wall Mainline run: 122 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Tehachapi Pass Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 15 x 16 feet Prototype: Union Pacific (former Southern Pacific); Burlington Northern Santa Fe (former Santa Fe) has trackage rights Period: present Style: around the walls, walk-in Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 on main, no. 6 in yard Maximum grade: 2.5 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 28 feet Theme: UP freight operations in Midwest Period: present Style: point to point with through staging Mainline run: 165 feet Minimum radius: 20″ (13″ in staging) Minimum turnout: handlaid no. 6 and larger Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Appalachian Central Scale: N (1:160) Size: 5′-7″ x 7′-0″ Prototype: free-lanced Period: today Style: island Mainline run: 22 feet Minimum radius: 9¾” Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the January 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to […]
