Metro Belt & Terminal

Track plan at a glanceName: Metro Belt & TerminalScale: HOSize: 8′-6″ x 11′-9″Minimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the April 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Mid-Atlantic & Western Ry.

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 […]

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Monon RR

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) […]

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Penn Western

Track plan at a glanceName: Penn Western RRScale: S (1:64)Size: 29 x 45 feetPrototype: free-lancedEra: 1960s to presentStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 160 feetMinimum radius: 36″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2.4 percentOriginally appeared in the October 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Southern Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 30 feet Prototype: Southern Ry. Period: 1945 through early 1950s Style: walk-in with one duck-under Mainline run: 425 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 with some no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the August 2003 issue […]

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Springfield, Mo., on the Frisco

Track plan at a glance Name: Springfield, Mo., on the Frisco Scale: N Size: 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the December 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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Stony Creek & Western

Track plan at a glance Name: Stony Creek & Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 29 x 51 feet Theme: Western bridge line Era: mid-1950s Style: panoramic, walk-in Minimum radius: 28″ HO, 22″ HOn3 Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]

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Toledo Central Union Terminal

Track plan at a glance Name: Toledo Central Union Terminal Scale: HO Size: 20 x 27 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the February 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Union Pacific Switching District

Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Industrial District Scale: N (1:160) Box size: 28″ wide x 30 5/16″ deep x 18 3/32″ high (16 1/8″ deep with yard folded) Theme: free-lance urban industrial area Period: 1960s Style: oval with backstage fiddle yard Mainline run: 64″ Minimum radius: 7 5/64″ Maximum grade: none Originally […]

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Val Ease Central

Track plan at a glance Name: Val Ease Central RR Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 2 x 8 feet Prototype: Union Pacific RR Era: autumn 1954 Style: display layout Mainline run: 35 feet Minimum radius: 6″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]

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