Name: The Placerville Branch Layout owner: Tom Ebert Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11 x 27 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Locale: Northern California foothills Era: 1930s Style: double-deck continuous-climb walkaround Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: L-girder and open-grid Height: 34″ (lower staging) to 62″ Roadbed: cork […]
Name: Georgia Northeastern RR Layout owner: Thomas Klimoski Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-2″ x 10′-6″ Prototype: Georgia Northeastern RR Locale: Georgia Era: present-day Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 36 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: open grid Height: 54″ Roadbed: cork Track: Micro Engineering code 70 Scenery: extruded-foam insulation […]
Name: Hudson, Delaware & Lehigh Layout owner: Gary Schaff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 35′-0″ Prototype: Central RR of New Jersey and Pennsylvania RR Locale: Jersey City, N.J., to Mauch Chunk, Pa. Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: CNJ, 170 feet; PRR, 108 feet Minimum radius: 27″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: […]
Name: PRR Elmira Branch Layout owner: Anthony Daniele Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 45 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR, Erie RR, New York Central, and Lehigh Valley Locale: upstate New York Era: 1956 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 249 feet (to Canandaigua); 281 feet (to Sodus Yard) Minimum radius: 36″, 30″ (hidden) Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western Layout owner: David Powell Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 13′-0″ x 18′-6″ Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western Locale: Colorado Era: late 1950s to early 1960s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 65 feet Minimum radius: 273⁄8″ Minimum […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Minneapolis & St. Louis Story City branch Layout owner: Clark Propst Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: Minneapolis & St. Louis Locale: central Iowa Era: Autumn 1949 to 1951 Style: linear walk-in Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: New York Central River Division Layout owner: Greg Ricciardi Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11 x 30 feet with 4 x 16 foot staging yard Prototype: New York Central RR Locale: Kingston to Saugerties, N.Y., western shore of Hudson River Mainline run: […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout owner: John M. Johnson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-5″ x 23′-6″ Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: Driftwood, Pa. Era: September 1955 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 30 feet Minimum radius: 25″ (main), 20″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 7.5 (main), no. […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Aquia Line Layout owner: Bernard Kempinski Scale: O (1:48) Size: 31 x 32 feet Prototype: United States Military RR Locale: Virginia Era: late winter 1863 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 115 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 1 […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Conrail’s Onondaga Cutoff Layout owner: Dave Abeles Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20′-8″ x 30′-6″ Prototype: Conrail Locale: upstate New York Era: 1990s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 22″ (yards and sidings) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), […]
Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR Layout owner: Bob Wundrock Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 24 feet with a 2 x 9-foot interchange yard Prototype: Soo Line Locale: northwestern Wisconsin Era: 1950 to 1955 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum […]
Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: The Sunset Route Layout owner: Ron Mei Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 58 x 68 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; and Union Pacific Locale: southern California and Arizona Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 733 feet Minimum radius: 32″ […]
