Track plan at a glanceName: Morton DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 36 feetPrototype: Chicago & North Western Ry.Period: late 1950sStyle: linear, walkaroundMainline run: 38 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Era: 1946 - 1970
Piermont Division
Track plan at a glanceName: Piermont DivisionScale: HO scale (1:87.1)Size: 57 x 72 feetPrototype: free-lanceEra: 1945 to 1955Style: around-the-wallsMainline run: 1,380 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 2 percent main line, 4 percent coal mineOriginally appeared in the February 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Santa Fe, 1951
Track plan at a glanceName: Santa Fe, 1951Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 49 feetPrototype: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.Period: August 29, 1951Style: walkaroundMainline run: 150 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 8Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
South Central Minnesota RR
Track plan at a glanceName: South Central Minnesota RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-6″ x 22′-6″ = 168.75 sq. ft.Prototype: Chicago & North Western and Milwaukee RoadPeriod: late 1950s to the mid-1980sStyle: along the wallsMainline run: approximately 60 feet per railroad (Milwaukee Road and C&NW)Minimum turnout: no. 4Originally appeared in the November 2005 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Swartz Creek No. 1
Track plan at a glance Name: Swartz Creek No. 1 Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
The River Bend & Eastern RR
Track plan at a glance Name: River Bend & Eastern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 19 x 36 feet Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RRs Period: 1965 Style: around the walls Mainline run: NYC 110 feet, PRR 136 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the August […]
Appalachian & Ohio RR
Track plan at a glanceName: Appalachian & Ohio RRScale: O (1:48)Size: 28′-6″ x 56′-0″Theme: Appalachian coal haulerEra: 1969Style: linear walkaroundMainline run: 230 feetMinimum radius: 60″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2.75 percentOriginally appeared in the May 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Burton on Trent
Track plan at a glanceName: Burton on TrentScale: OO (1:76 proportion on 1:87.1 HO gauge track)Size: 15 x 21 feetPrototype: London, Midland & ScottishEra: 1920s to 1960sStyle: multiple loops with walk-in aisle and duckunder operating pitMainline run: 126 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings)Maximum grade: 1 percentOriginally appeared in the April […]
C & O Alleghany Subdivision
Track plan at a glanceName: Chesapeake & Ohio Alleghany SubdivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 16 x 21 feetPrototype: western end of the Alleghany SubdivisionEra: 1948-1952Style: walkaroundMainline run: 108 feetMinimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 8Maximum grade: 2.8 percentOriginally appeared in the June 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
C&O’s Alleghany Subdivision
Track plan at a glanceName: Alleghany SubdivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 22 x 24 feetPrototype: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.Period: summer 1947Style: walkaroundMainline run: 150 feetMinimum radius: 34″ main line, 28″ branch lineMinimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 1.67 percentOriginally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]
Central RR Co. of New Jersey
Track plan at a glanceName: Central RR Co. of New JerseyScale: HOSize: 9 x 10 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the March 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
City of Wauwatogo
Track plan at a glanceName: City of WauwatogaScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 8 x 14 feetPrototype: Milwaukee RoadEra: 1945-1965Style: portable islandMainline run: 40 feetMinimum radius: 24″ main line, 18″ industrialMinimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 4 industrial tracksMaximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the December 2006 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track […]