Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Minneapolis & St. Louis Story City branch Layout owner: Clark Propst Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: Minneapolis & St. Louis Locale: central Iowa Era: Autumn 1949 to 1951 Style: linear walk-in Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Pennsylvania & New York Central Layout owner: Lee Gasparik Scale: O (1:48) Size: 43 x 70 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR and New York Central Locale: Northeastern U.S. Period: 1950s Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 734 feet Minimum radius: 76″ (main), 60″ (yard) Minimum […]
DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE Gary Schaff’s HO scale Hudson, Delaware & Lehigh is a freelanced Central Railroad of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad line operating between Jersey City, N.J., and Mauch Chunk Pa., in the early 1950s. Gary wrote about how he added his own personal touches to this professionally built model train layout in Great […]
Featured in Great Model Railroads 2020, Ron Abramson’s HO scale New York, New Haven & Hartford layout finally reaches completion. The layout models the New Haven’s electrified zone through southwestern Connecticut in the 1950s and 1960s. Click on the link to read Ron’s original story about his exceptional model train layout from the August 2004 […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Rio Grande Southern, Western Division Layout owner: Roy Allan Scale: Fn3 (1:20.3, 36″ gauge) Size: 26′-6″ x 36′-3″ Prototype: Rio Grande Southern Locale: southwestern Colorado Era: 1937 to 1942 Style: island Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 60″ (main), 51″ (sidings) […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: New York Central River Division Layout owner: Greg Ricciardi Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11 x 30 feet with 4 x 16 foot staging yard Prototype: New York Central RR Locale: Kingston to Saugerties, N.Y., western shore of Hudson River Mainline run: […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout owner: John M. Johnson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-5″ x 23′-6″ Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: Driftwood, Pa. Era: September 1955 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 30 feet Minimum radius: 25″ (main), 20″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 7.5 (main), no. […]
A Santa Fe GP30 shoves loaded hoppers onto the coal track at Monolith Cement. The crew has already pulled the empty hoppers and spotted them on the adjacent track. They’ll soon be on their way back to the mine in Utah. Roen Kelly photo About once a year, a debate will flare up on one […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Gerry Leone demonstrates a handy technique that makes it appear like your photos are captured under real sunlight. Plus, he’ll also show how photo enhancement software can bring new clarity to your photography efforts! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Gerry Leone talks about how to adjust your camera settings to capture model railroad settings with a realistic depth of field. He also addresses lighting options (type and placement)! […]
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Model railroad scale comparison. These actual examples of model train locomotives show that each common scale is about half the size of the next larger scale. The locomotives shown here are in N (1:160), HO (1:87.1), and O (1:48) scales. Model railroad turnout angles. Scale turnouts diverge at an angle, rather than through a sharp […]
