Track plan at a glance Name: Black River Junction Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet with an 18″ x 72″ staging extension Prototype: New York Central and Baltimore & Ohio RRs Locale: Ohio Era: 1950s Style: freestanding Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 19-1/4″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Argentine Industrial District Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28′-8″ x 54′-0″ Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe yards and industrial areas Era: 1960 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 110 feet on running track (no true main line) Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sterling Secondary Scale: N (1:160) Size: 10 x 12 feet Prototype: CSX and Norfolk Southern Period: 1999 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 17″ main line, 15″ industrial track Minimum turnout: no. 6, turnouts set at no. 5 angle in Livernois Yard Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western and Colorado & Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14′-0″ x 23′-6″ Prototypes: D&RGW and C&S Era: 1935 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 75 feet Minimum radii: 28″ (standard gauge), 18″ (narrow gauge) Minimum turnouts: 1 percent (main line), 3 percent (narrow gauge), 7 percent (mining […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Eastern Missouri Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16 x 36 feet Prototype: freelanced terminal line Era: 1950s through 1970s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 6; yards, no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the March 2007 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Glass Rock & Eastern Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 10′-0″ x 11′-6″ Prototype: Ohio Southern RR Era: 1988 Mainline run: north-south lines, 53 feet; west line, 28 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also […]
Track plan at a glance Name: National Docks Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-6″ x 17′-0″ Era: World War II Mainline run: 39 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the February 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Oregon Short Line Scale: O (1:48) Size: 38′-6″ x 51′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific RR Era: June 1950 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 190 feet Minimum radius: 76″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 8; yards, no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Silverton Central Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 6 x 24 feet Era: 1928-1935 Style: sectional Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 31″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Algoma River RR Scale: On3 (1:48 proportion, three-foot narrow gauge) Size: 19½ x 22½ feet plus extension into workshop Prototype: free-lance Period: late 1920s, early 1930s Style: walk-in, walkaround Mainline run: 108 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (30″ on branch) Minimum turnout: approximately no. 4, handlaid to fit Maximum grade: […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Boston & Maine New England North Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 16×16 xq. ft. Prototype: B&M in western Massachusetts Period: 1920-1955 Style: around the walls with a peninsula Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: main line 24″, yard 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Broak & Kantifordit Tie & Timber Co. Scale: On3 (1:48, three-foot gauge) Size: 11 x 11 feet Period: 1920s and ’30s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 7 percent Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model […]
