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Name: Reid Gap Ry. Layout designer: David Popp Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Virginian Ry. Locale: West Virginia Era: 1956 Mainline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Atlas 18″ radius snap switch Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the […]
Name: Metropolitan Union Passenger Terminal Layout designer: Stan Sweatt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 10 x 20 feet Theme: Passenger terminal Locale: freelanced Era: late steam Style: walk-in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yard), no. 5 (spurs) Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the January 2011 […]
Name: Cedar Valley Short Lines Layout designer: John Saxon Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 10 x 22 feet (additional two-track loop suspended from ceiling of adjoining garage) Theme: freelanced, based on Tony Koester’s Allegheny Midland Locale: West Virginia Era: 1960 Style: multilevel walkaround Mainline run: 168 feet Minimum radius: 27″ (visible), 24″ (hidden) Minimum turnout: no. […]
Name: C&O Mountain Subdivision Layout designer: Bernard Kempinski Scale: N (1:160) Size: 30 x 30 feet Prototype: Chesapeake & Ohio with interchange connections to the Norfolk & Western and Southern Ry. Locale: Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Era: 1950 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 175 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Panhandle Division Layout designer: Curt LaRue Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 40 x 41 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: western Pennsylvania, West Virginia panhandle, and eastern Ohio Eras: 1950-1952 (primary), 1955-1956 (secondary) Style: around the walls Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Click on the […]
Name: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Layout designer: Brooks Stover Scale: S (1:64) Size: 24 x 44 feet Prototype: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Locale: West Virginia Era: 1958 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (visible track), 24″ (hidden track) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 11-1/2 percent (BC&G), 2 percent (ERC&L) Click […]
Name: Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch Layout designer: Kip Grant Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 12′-9″ x 18′-11″ Prototype: Delaware & Hudson Saratoga SubdivisionLocale: Eastern New YorkEra: early fall, 1962Style: walkaroundMainline run: 45 feetMinimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: Reading Co., Shamokin Division Layout designer: Jim Hertzog Scale: HO Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Reading Co. Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1952-1957 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 285 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.6 percent Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Allegheny Midland (Coal Fork Extension) Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13 x 19 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on coal branches of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Virgnian Period: 1957 Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6, handlaid to fit Originally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Model […]
Name: The Erie RR at Herbton Layout designer: Clay Deeds Scale: N (1:160) Size: 36″ x 80″ Prototype: Erie RR Locale: Northern Ohio Era: 1950s Style: tabletop Mainline run: 33 feet Minimum radius: 11″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
