Walla Walla Valley Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: Walla Walla Valley Ry. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 10 x 11 feet Prototype: Walla Walla Valley Ry. Period: 1968 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: Peco medium radius Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click here […]

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Appalachian Central

Track plan at a glance Name: Appalachian Central Scale: N (1:160) Size: 5′-7″ x 7′-0″ Prototype: free-lanced Period: today Style: island Mainline run: 22 feet Minimum radius: 9¾” Maximum grade: 2 percent   Originally appeared in the January 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to […]

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Cascade, Wash.

Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade, Wash. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 7′-3″ x 8′-9″ Prototype: Great Northern and Northern Pacific Period: mid-1950s Style: L-shaped folded loop, movable Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 11″ hidden; 14½” main line Manimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2000 issue of […]

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Cumberland Amalgamated Southern Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: Cumberland Amalgamated Southern Ry. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12′-0″ x 20′-10″ Theme: Canadian freight and passenger trains Period: 1925-40 Style: modular (16 modules) Minimum radius: 19″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the October 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDFof this […]

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Georgia Southern RR

Track plan at a glanceName: Georgia Southern RRScale: HO (1:87)Size: 8 x 8 feet with center operating areaTheme: free-lance, fictitious subsidiary of the Georgia RR with branch linePeriod: summer 1957Style: two-lap oval with three-track staging yardMainline run: 32 feetMinimum radius: 24″ main line, 20″ through curved turnouts, 18″ on sidingsMinimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 […]

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N scale Pennsylvania RR Bald Eagle Branch

Name: Bald Eagle Branch Scale: N (1:160) Size: 6 x 8 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR branch line Period: summer 1956 Style: tabletop cookie cutter Mainline run: 28 feet Minimum radius: visible 18; hidden 9″ Minimum turnout: main line no. 6; sidings no. 4 Maximum grade: main line 2 percent; sidings 6 percent Originally appeared in […]

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