| Last updated on January 18, 2021
Name: Nickel Plate Road, St. Louis Division
Layout designer: Tony Koester
Scale: HO (1:87)
Size: 24′-6″ x 60′-6″
Theme: high-speed flatlands railroading
Locale: west-central Indiana, east-central Illinois
Era: fall 1954
Style: multi-deck
Mainline run: 500 feet
Minimum radius: 42″
Minimum turnout: no. 6 (yard), no. 8 (main)
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent
Originally appeared in the December 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
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Really enjoyed the article – in reviewing photos of the track /switch-turnouts – what is used to control the points and tension. I did not notice any switch machine controls or any surface ground throws?
Tony. Nice railroad,one question. How do you get 18 people in the room with
those narrow dead end aisles?
Wow! an illustration that requires a 48" grid to get it all in. Rick Johnson must be working overtime. Great layout – can't wait for my copy of the December issue to read all about it.