| Last updated on January 19, 2021
Check out this track plan from Model Railroader magazine
Name: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy LaCrosse Division
Layout designer: Pat Lyons
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 15 x 40 feet
Prototype: CB&Q
Locale: Upper Mississippi Valley
Era: 1950s to late 1960s
Style: freestanding walkaround island
Mainline run: 141 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: Peco small radius
Maximum grade: none
Originally appeared in the December 2012 Model Railroader.
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very nice layout.i'd like to borrow this if its ok with you.
I plan on trying this plan using TRAINZ 2012 as my planning tool
Gives me many scenery and building selections…virtual model railroading.
Nice plan! Q E units would look cool skirting the Mississippi river then swinging round and past La Crosse yard. Wish I had the space to do this!