Track plan at a glance Name: Lorigan Lumber Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Theme: free-lance narrow gauge logging railroad Period: late 1930s Style: walkaround shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1963 Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 for crossovers and sidings, no. 6 for spurs Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the 2006 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pike City Belt Line Scale: HO Size: 8 x 12 feet Style: shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco large radius Originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Reading Co. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 2½ x 17½ feet (city scene) Theme: urban industrial switching Period: late 1930s, early 1940s Style: shelf with backdrop Minimum radius: 36″ (main line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line; no. 4 for industrial sidings Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Timber City & Northwestern Scale: HO Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Buffalo Valley RR Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 28 x 38 feet Prototype: free-lanced mountain railroad Period: 1930-1950 Style: around-the-wall shelf Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cumberland Amalgamated Southern Ry. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12′-0″ x 20′-10″ Theme: Canadian freight and passenger trains Period: 1925-40 Style: modular (16 modules) Minimum radius: 19″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the October 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDFof this […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Dakota Northern Scale: N (1:160)Size: 12 x 13½ feetPrototype: free-lance, based on Great Northern branch linePeriod: 1975Style: shelf with peninsulaMainline run: 69 feet (2.1 scale miles)Minimum radius: 15″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.5 percentOriginally appeared in the April 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Federal Street Scale: HO (1:87 with Proto:87 fine scale standards) Size: 2′-0″ x 11′-6″ Theme: industrial branch line Era: mid-1950s Style: shelf Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Mid-Atlantic & Western Ry.Size: 2 x 10 feetScale: HO (1:87)Theme: free-lance Class 1 railroad in an urban settingPeriod: fall 1950Style: shelfMainline run: 10 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: handlaid nos. 5 to 7Originally appeared in the May 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Monon Scale: N (1:160) Room size: 18 x 22 feet Prototype: Monon RR in southern Indiana Period: winter 1955 Style: shelf with peninsula Mainline run: 110 feet (3.3 scale miles) Minimum radius: 17″ Minimum turnout: handlaid no. 10 main line, no. 6 industrial Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (at Hunters) […]
Track plan at a glance Name: North Coast RR, Buckhorn Logging Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Size: 11′-6″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: North Pacific Coast RR Period: 1904 Style: walk-in shelf with peninsula Mainline run: 131 feet Minimum radius: 22″ (18″ logging) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (no. 4 on logging line) Maximum grade: 3.5 percent (8.5 percent […]
