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Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 8 feet, expanding to 8 x 12 feet Track type: MTH RealTrax Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the January 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. ctt-An O gauge layout that grows! An O gauge layout that grows! An O gauge layout that grows! components […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack (Plan 2) Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the December 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click the link below to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: MTH RealTrax (Plan 3) Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the December 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Lionel’s D-146 Dealer Display Layout – Rebooted! Plan 3 components Lionel’s D-146 Dealer Display Layout – Rebooted! Plan 3 […]
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 […]
Name: Sundance Central Layout designer: Sundance Central modular railroad club Scale: 1:20.3-proportion, 3-foot gauge track Size: 40 x 45 feet Theme: none Locale: southwestern United States Era: late 1930s to early 1940s Style: open grid Mainline run: 115 feet Minimum radius: 5′-6″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the December 2012 […]
Name: Cedar River & Iowa Central Ry., “the Crandic Route” Layout designer: Patrick G. Lana Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 31 feet Theme: proto-freelanced based on Midwestern railroads Locale: Iowa and Missouri Era: August 10, 1968 Style: linear walkaround island Mainline run: 148 feet Minimum radius: 24″ on mainline, 18″ on secondary tracks, 12″ […]
Name: Mount Coffin & Columbia Layout designer: M.C. Fujiwara Scale: N (1:160) Size: 231⁄2″ x 411⁄4″, 3″ x 18″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: early 1900s Style: island or shelf Mainline run: 9 feet Minimum radius: 9″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the September 2012 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Name: Whiskey Barrel & Gotham Layout designer: M.C. Fujiwara Scale: N (1:160) Size: 2 x 4 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: mountain railroading Era: 1900 to 1970s Style: island or shelf Mainline run: 9 feet Minimum radius: 9-3/4″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the September 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click […]
Name: Wordsworth Township Layout designer: M.C. Fujiwara Scale: N (1:160) Size: 2 x 4 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: urban industrial district Era: 1900 to 1970s Style: island or shelf Mainline run: 9 feet Minimum radius: 9″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the September 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click here […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the May 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Name: Quanah, Acme & Pacific Layout designer: Steven Otte Scale: N (1:160) Size: 5′-9″ x 11′-0″ Prototype: Frisco subsidiary Locale: North Texas Era: early 1929 Style: donut with oNeTRAK modules Mainline run: 46 feet Minimum radius: 11″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the February 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click […]
Name: The Virginian Layout designer: David Popp Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet, plus extensions Prototype: Virginian Ry. Locale: West Virginia Era: spring 1955 Style: island, portable Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 22″ (main), 18″ (branch) Minimum turnout: Atlas Snap-Switch Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the January 2012 issue of […]
