Ma & Pa standard-gauge bobber in 1:29 scale

Ma & Pa standard-gauge bobber in 1:29 scale

Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Please make sure […]

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A catalog of useful plants for railroad gardens

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What appear to be small apple trees in bloom are really Mexican false heather, a.k.a. elfin herb (Cuphea hyssopifolia, Zones 8-11). These are easy to grow in full to partial sun and average soil and watering. They flower almost continually with white, pink, red, or purple blossoms, outdoors year round in the south or over-wintered […]

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How to use cardboard strips for model railroad scenery

Side of model train layout with cardboard strips

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to use a web of cardboard strips and plaster cloth to make a sturdy model railroad scenery base. Cody used this technique for a stretch of scenery on the Model Railroader HO scale club […]

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Dave Frary’s Pennsylvania RR Middle Division

Dave Frarys Pennsylvania RR Middle Division

Name: Pennsylvania RR Middle Division Layout designer: Dave Frary Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 16′-3″ Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: September 1950 Style: walk in Mainline run: 90 feet Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the January 1993 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]

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N scale Great Northern Ry.

Great Northern Ry

Name: Great Northern Ry. Layout designer: James Bauer Scale: N (160.1) Size: 13 x 24 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Montana Era: none Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 169 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF […]

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N scale Maryland Midland RR

Maryland Midland RR

Name: Maryland Midland RR Layout designer: Bob Sprague Scale: N (1:160.1) Size: 11′-2″ x 18′-6″ Prototype: Maryland Midland RR Locale: Maryland Era: 1980s to present Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 136 feet (104 visible) Minimum radius: 15″ (main), 12″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2013 Model Railroader. […]

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Pennsylvania RR Middle Division

Pennsylvania RR Middle Division

Name: Pennsylvania RR Middle Division Layout designer: Jimmy Deignan Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 28 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Pennsylvania RR Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1950s to 1970s Style: walk in Mainline run: 144 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the February 2013 […]

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A Rocky Mountain railroad for your rec room

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Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: O Layout size: 14 x 19 feet Track type: Atlas O Minimum curve: O-27 Originally appeared in the February 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. A Rocky Mountain railroad for your rec room A Rocky Mountain railroad for your rec room components […]

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Build a quarry branch

Winter Hill 1

Model Railroader’s HO scale Winter Hill project layout Model Railroader‘s 2013 project layout is located on our HO scale club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. It’s a 2 x 12-foot scene with many interesting aspects including making the quarry pit for Larson Stone Co. extend into the aisle. Registered users can click the following […]

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Braintree & Marshfield

Name: Braintree & Marshfield Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Theme: East Coast waterfront Locale: Massachusetts Era: 1940s Style: island Mainline run: 20 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the January 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the […]

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