Track plan at a glance Name: Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1963 Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 for crossovers and sidings, no. 6 for spurs Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the 2006 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 29 feet Prototype: MKT and KCS Era: late 1960s Style: continuous run with reverse loops and staging Mainline run: 140 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2¼ percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Mohawk Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 33′-0″ Theme: freelance, based on the Central Vermont Ry. Period: late 1950s to early 1960s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 64 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Montandon Branch Scale: N Size: 2 x 4 feet Minimum radius: 9¾’ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Montandon Branch […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Much Bynding on the Marsh Scale: British OO (1:76) Size: 14 x 22 feet Prototype: British Rys. Era: 1950s Style: modular walkaround display Mainline run: approximately 50 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New York Central Valley Division Scale: S (1:64) Size: 20 x 30 feet Prototype: New York Central Era: 1948 to 1952 Style: around the walls with operating aisles Mainline run: 305 feet Minimum radius: main line 48″ (hidden), 54″ (visible), 24″ industrial Minimum turnout: main line, no. 6, industrial […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New York, Ontario & Western (“O&W”) Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 15 feet Prototype: Southern Division of the O&W Period: summer 1953 Style: linear multideck Mainline run: 80 feet visible (212 feet including helix and staging) Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally […]
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: Northern Timber Co. Scale: HO Theme: logging with Shay locomotives Period: 1925 to 1930 Style: modular Minimum radii: 32″ (main line), 26″ (logging line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line) and no. 4 (logging line) Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Onyx Division of the Burlington Northern Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 28 feet Period: western Washington/Puget Sound region Prototype: Burlington Northern and the Union Pacific with trackage rights for the fictional Aberdeen, Tacoma & Spanaway Forest RR Style: island with internal peninsula and walk-in center operating pit Mainline […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Penn Central’s Mon Division Scale: O (1:48) Size: 20 x 23 feet Prototype: Penn Central Period: summer 1970 Style: loop with operating pits Mainline run: 75 feet Minimum radius: 56″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pike City Belt Line Scale: HO Size: 8 x 12 feet Style: shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco large radius Originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
