Track plan at a glance Name: Cunningham’s Gap in HO Scale: HO Size: 10 x 11 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the March 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Era: 1946 - 1970
E&W Lines
Track plan at a glance Name: E&W Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20′-6″ x 27′-0″ Theme: free-lanced Pennsylvania RR branch line Period: 1950s Style: point-to-point around the walls with walk-in access Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: main line 28″ Minimum turnout: main line no. 6, industries no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared […]
Elk Creek & Western
Track plan at a glance Name: Elk Creek & Western Scale: On½ (1:48, 2½-foot gauge) Minimum radius: 18″ Maximum grade: 3.3 percent Originally appeared in the January 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Federal Street
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 […]
Fort Travis & Dayton
Track plan at a glance Name: Fort Travis & Dayton Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 9½ x 19 feet Theme: industrial switching Period: mid-’50s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.1 percent (¼” per foot) Originally appeared in the November 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Georgia Southern RR
Track plan at a glanceName: Georgia Southern RRScale: HO (1:87)Size: 8 x 8 feet with center operating areaTheme: free-lance, fictitious subsidiary of the Georgia RR with branch linePeriod: summer 1957Style: two-lap oval with three-track staging yardMainline run: 32 feetMinimum radius: 24″ main line, 20″ through curved turnouts, 18″ on sidingsMinimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 […]
GTW Romeo Sub
Track plan at a glance Name: GTW Romeo Sub Scale: O Size: 11 x 15 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main), 24″ (staging) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF […]
Hillside
Track plan at a glance Name: Hillside Scale: HO Originally appeared in the September 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
N scale Pennsylvania RR Bald Eagle Branch
Name: Bald Eagle Branch Scale: N (1:160) Size: 6 x 8 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR branch line Period: summer 1956 Style: tabletop cookie cutter Mainline run: 28 feet Minimum radius: visible 18; hidden 9″ Minimum turnout: main line no. 6; sidings no. 4 Maximum grade: main line 2 percent; sidings 6 percent Originally appeared in […]
Kanawha Creek Ry.
Track plan at a glance Name: Kanawha Creek Ry. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 7 x 13 feet Theme: short line Period: early 1950s Style: island Mainline run: 21 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]
Kevin Shanahan’s Union Pacific
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Scale: HO Size: 16 x 26 feet Prototype: UP main line Period: 1955-1965 Style: around the walls with duckunder entrance Mainline run: 220 feet Minimum radius: 38″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Maggie’s Cove
Track plan at a glanceName: Maggie’s CoveScale: HO (1:87)Size: 4 x 8 feetTheme: logging and waterfrontPeriod: mid-1950sStyle: islandMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 17″ (inside tunnel)Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the February 2001 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]