| Last updated on January 19, 2021
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Name: Lime Ridge & Hercules and Portland & Western
Layout designer: Steven Otte
Scale: HO
Size: 8 x 12 feet
Theme: Stone and gravel industries
Locale: generic
Era: late steam to early transition era
Style: around-the-walls
Mainline run: 63 feet
Minimum radius: 15″
Minimum turnout: Atlas 18″ Snap-Switch (rest are no. 4)
Maximum grade: 2 percent
Originally appeared in the April 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
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When you started video plus I wondered what would happen to my regular newsletter & expressed my concerns, being told it was only in addition to the newsletter. I realize that something did happen, no more Cody's workshop. Being on a fixed income I can't justify the extra expense of video plus, I guess I'm put off by the turn of events. I still love what you do, it just seems sad to need to pay more to see what you have.
Larry
Great article, gave me a whole new way of looking at track planning. Thanks Steve for your insight into how a plan can be broken into pieces and then recombined and adapted to fit a different space. A type of re-mapping !