HO scale Union Pacific Spine Line

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Name: UP’s Spine Line Layout owner: Bob Sprague Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 10 x 18 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Eastern Iowa Era: modern Style: double-deck around-the-walls Mainline run: 74 feet visible, plus helixes Minimum radius: 27″ (main), 24″ (industrial and wyes) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.75 percent This track plan originally appeared […]

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N scale Union Pacific Spine Line

NscaleUnionPacificSpineLinetrackplan

Click the image to download a copy of the track plan. Name: UP’s Spine Line Layout owner: Bob Sprague Scale: N (1:160) Size: 10′-0″ x 17′-6″ Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Eastern Iowa Era: modern Style: walkaround Mainline run: 59 feet Minimum radius: 15″ (main), 12″ (industrial and wyes) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none […]

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HO scale Denver & Rio Grande Western

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Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western Layout owner: Ed Miller Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25′-6″ x 41′-6″ Prototype: D&RGW Locale: Colorado and Utah Era: steam-to-diesel transition Style: around the walls with peninsulas Mainline run: 461 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 36″ to 49′-6″ Roadbed: […]

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HO scale Kansas City Terminal

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Name: Kansas City Terminal Ry. Layout owner: Jim Senese Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11 x 21 plus 11 x 40 Prototypes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Kansas City Southern; Kansas City Terminal; Missouri-Kansas-Texas; Missouri Pacific; and St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco). Locale: Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas Time: 3 p.m. Nov. 15, 1980 Style: around-the-walls Mainline […]

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HO scale West Virginia & Southern Ry.

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Name: West Virginia & Southern Ry. Layout owner: Terry B. Ketcham Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 40 feet Prototype: Norfolk & Western Locale: Southeastern W.Va. Era: 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 360 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 32″, 44″ and 60″ Roadbed: Homabed Track: code […]

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N scale Bone Valley

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Name: Bone Valley Layout owner: Alex Marchand Scale: N (1:160) Size: 4 x 7 feet Prototype: CSX/Seaboard System Locale: West-central Florida Era: late 1980s Style: gallery Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: none Maximum grade: none Benchwork: Homasote on open-grid Height: 59″ Roadbed: Woodland Scenics Track: Micro Engineering code 55 Backdrop: Printed […]

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HO scale Rock Island Clay Center Branch

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Name: Rock Island, Clay Center Branch Layout owner: Ken Jenkins Scale: HO (1:87:1) Size: 27 x 55 feet Prototype: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR Locale: Northeast Kansas Era: fall 1969 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 25″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (yards and spurs) Maximum grade: 1.25 […]

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N scale Geneva Subdivision

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Name: Geneva Subdivision Layout owner: Daryl Kruse Scale: N (1:160) Size: 25 x 48 feet Prototype: Union Pacific (ex-Chicago & North Western) Locale: Northern Illinois Era: Present Style: single deck Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Turnouts: no. 10 (mainline), no. 8 (secondary and yard track) Maximum grade: 0.5 percent Benchwork: open-grid Height: 55″ […]

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HO scale Atlantic Coast Line in St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Name: ACL in St. Petersburg Layout designer: Christian Javier Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 21 feet Prototype: Atlantic Coast Line Locale: St. Petersburg, Fla. Era: 1953 Style: Around-the-walls Mainline run: 66 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: flat This track plan originally appeared in the July 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the […]

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HO scale Hoosier Line

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Name: The Hoosier Line Layout designer: Jack Simpson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 40 feet Prototype: Monon RR Locale: Indiana Era: 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 124 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1⁄2 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 43″ Roadbed: cork Track: Atlas code 83 Scenery: extruded-foam insulation board […]

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