Scale: O Layout size: 100″ x 160″ Track type: Lionel sectional Originally appeared in the July 2016 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine Click on the link below to download a PDF of the track plan, track components, and accessory list. Lionel’s postwar-style “Layout for the years” […]
Name: Chessie System Pennsylvania Division Layout owner: Doug Gainer Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16′-0″ x 27′-6″ (excluding main staging yard) Prototype: Chessie System Locales: Pittsburgh, Lake Erie port, West Virginia coalfield Era: 1972 to 1992 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 40″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line), no. 4 (yards and branch […]
Name: Toronto Terminals Layout owner: Bob Sprague Scale: HO (1:87.1) Layout size: 10 x 25 feet Locale: Toronto Era: 1980 Style: double deck Mainline run: 158 feet (with helix) Minimum radius: 30″ (mainline), 18″ (industries) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (helix) This track plan originally appeared in the June 2016 Model Railroader. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Allen Keller visits with Malcolm Furlow and his HO (narrow gauge) layout that fits to a 8 x 10-foot space. Discover and explore what inspired many of Malcolm’s creative scenery-making concepts. […]
The layout at a glance Name: Northern Memories Layout owner/designer: John Mueller Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 10 x 21 feet plus 13 x 17 feet Theme: freelanced, inspired by Chicago & North Western Ry. Locale: Northern Wisconsin Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in, around the walls Mainline run: 190 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: Atlas […]
Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western Layout owner: Pat Gerstle Scale: Sn3 (1:64 proportion, 3-foot gauge) Size: 8 x 16 feet Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western Era: 1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 50″ Roadbed: Homasote Track: about 80 […]
Name: Fairhope & Northern RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 22 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by New York, New Haven & Hartford Locale: New England Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 84 feet Minimum radius: 26″ (visible track), 22″ (hidden track) Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 40″ to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive video, MRVP subscribers are treated to a unique 3D rendering of a layout soon to appear in MR’s Model Railroad Planning 2016! MRVP’s Ben Lake has prepared a virtual tour of the HO scale Bakersfield & Ventura RR around-the-walls layout […]
Name: Southern Pacific Shasta Route Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 26 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Locale: Northern California Period: mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards) Maximum grade: 11⁄2 percent Benchwork: open grid and L-girder Height: 49″ to 58″ Roadbed: Homasote on T-girder […]
Name: Columbia & Western Scale: N (1:160) Size: 16′-6″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: Canadian Pacific Locale: southern British Columbia Period: 1970 Style: multi-deck walkaround with double-mushroom peninsula Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 18″ (main), 14″ (branch line) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 30″ to 76″ Roadbed: 3⁄4″ plywood […]
Name: River City Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 23 feet Prototype: Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Locale: Mason City, Iowa Period: first week of May 1954 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 90 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: open frame Height: 42″ Roadbed: Homasote on plywood Track: Peco code […]
Name: East Broad Top RR Scale: HOn3 (1:87, 3-foot-gauge track) Size: 15′-8″ x 19′-8″ Prototype: East Broad Top RR Locale: south-central Pennsylvania Period: 1926 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 48″ to 52″ Roadbed: Homasote on plywood Track: Micro Engineering code […]
