Track plan at a glance Name: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry., Shawtown Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 10 feet Theme: branchline switching Period: steam/diesel transition Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 9 3/4″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the August 2007 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Fort Myers Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Seminole Gulf Ry. Era: 1990s Style: portable sectional layout Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the September 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Hevonkuusi Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-2″ x 13′-9″ Period: summer 1955 Prototype: Valtion Rautatiet (Finnish State Rys.) Style: walk-in Mainline run: 98 feet Minimum radius: 23″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Louisville & NashvilleScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 25 x 48 feetPrototype: Louisville & Nashville RREra: 1938 to 1958Style: walk-inMainline run: 212 feetMinimum radius: 28″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2007 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Norfolk & Western Washington Extension Scale: N (1:160) Size: 12 x 12 feet Prototype: freelanced extension of the N&W main line Period: early 1950s Style: multilevel walk-in using three decks Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the March 2006 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sherman Hill, Wyo. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 27 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Era: mid-1950s Style: sectional Mainline run: 59 feet Minimum radius: 21.8″ Maximum grade: 1.55 percent Originally appeared in the August 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sunset Valley Oregon System Scale: HO (1:87.1 proportion) Size: 55 x 66 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific plus SP&S, UP, NP, GN, NP Terminal, LP&N, Fruit Growers Supply, Coos Bay Lumber Co., Hanna Nickel Mine, and freelanced SV Period: 1955 Style: four-level linear walkaround Mainline run: 500 feet Portland-Dunsmuir, 185 […]
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: Western Pacific, First Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 19 x 19 feet Prototype: Western Pacific Period: 1966 Style: walk-in, around-the-walls Mainline run: 125 feet (2 scale miles) Minimum radius: 26″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4, no. 6 on main Maximum grade: 3 percent Click here to download […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Atlantic Coast & EasternScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 21′-0″ x 26′-6″Era: late 1950s to early 1960sStyle: walkaround on two levelsMainline run: 285 feetMinimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 4 (yards) no. 6 (main lines)Maximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great Model Railroads.Click on the link to download a PDF […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bluff City Southern Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 30 x 44 feet Prototype: free-lanced interchange terminal connecting five railroads Period: 1950 Mainline run: (Greenville to Forrest City) 110 feet Minimum radius: 34″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 8; yard and industry tracks, no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.25 percent Originally appeared […]
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 […]
