Track plan at a glance Name: Greenbrier Branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Scale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 24 feet Prototype: C&O, Greenbrier Logging Co. Period: 1930s to 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet standard gauge, 30 feet narrow gauge Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri Pacific RR’s Arkansas Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 11′-0″ x 12′-6″ Era: Early 1960s Style: walkaround on two levels with peninsula Mainline run: 180 feet Minimum radius: 18″ (15″ in small helix) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards and sidings) Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (in small […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Virginian & Ohio Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 33 x 51 feet Prototype: free-lanced Ohio to Virginia bridge route Period: 1975 Style: linear walkaround Minimum radius: 30″ on main Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, mostly no. 8 on new addition Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Colorado & Southern and Pitkin Tram Scale: ½n3½ and ½n2½ (1:24 proportion narrow gauge on No. 1 and 2½-foot gauge track) Size: 11 x 18 feet Prototype: C&S narrow gauge and Gilpin Tram Period: 1940 Style: modular, walk-in Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 8.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Arkansas & Missouri Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 16 feet Era: present Style: along-the-walls shelf Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 6 percent Originally appeared in the February 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Scale: N (1:160) Size: 20 x 22 feet Prototype: Raton Pass on the First District of the Santa Fe’s New Mexico Division Period: summer 1950 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 202 feet (120 feet visible; 92 feet hidden including helix) Minimum radius: 21″ […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Black Rock & Marmot Ry. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 14 feet Prototype: free-lance Period: 1960s Style: around the walls with a peninsula Mainline run: 68 feet (2.1 scale miles) Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 1999 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Buffalo Rock Scale: HOn3 Style: modular Originally appeared in the November 1999 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Franklin & South Manchester Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 23 x 35 feet Prototype: free-lance, based on Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine, and New York, New Haven & Hartford Period: 1935 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 280 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Central New England Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 35 feet Prototype: Erie Lackawanna; New York, New Haven & Hartford; Boston & Maine; and Maine Central railroads Period: 1954 to 1966 Style: walk-in Mainline run: upper level 300 feet, lower line 160 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Deep Run RR Scale: On2 1/2 Size: 17′-3″ x 42′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Era: mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 77 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Midland Continental Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14′-9″ x 31′-3″ Theme: prairie railroading Year: 1964 Mainline run: 81 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version […]
