Don Culp’s Havaphew Central

Track plan at a glance Name: Havaphew Central Scale: N (1:160) Size: 2′-6″ x 5′-0″ Prototype: free-lanced Great Northern Period: 1950s to 1960s Style: free-standing portable Mainline run: 13 feet Minimum radius: 9.75″ Minimum turnout: Atlas Custom Line Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in the March 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 […]

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Eaglecreek & Northern

Track plan at a glanceName: Eaglecreek & NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-10″ x 14′-5″Prototype: Union PacificEra: 1953Style: dioramas viewed from operating pitsMainline run: 55 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minumum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the October 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Lehigh Alliance of Rail Carriers

Track plan at a glanceName: Lehigh Alliance of Rail CarriersScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 19′-0″ x 34′-0″Theme: fictional merger between the Central of New Jersey, Delaware & Hudson, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, and Reading railroadsEra: late 1960s, early 1970sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 110 feetMinimum radii: 24″ (main), 18″ (industrial areas)Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (industrial)Maximum grade: […]

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Loup Creek Branch

Track plan at a glanceName: Loup Creek BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 9 x 11 feetPrototype: Chesapeake & OhioEra: 1970sStyle: multilevel walk-inMainline run: 95 feetMinimum radii: 22″ main line, 18″ staging, sidings, and spursMinimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 4 spursMaximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the May 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in […]

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Mississippi, Alabama, & Gulf

Track plan at a glanceName: Mississippi, Alabama, & GulfScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 27 feetPrototype: freelancedEra: 1950sStyle: around-the-walls and peninsulaMainline run: 47 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main line, 18″ on spur tracksMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the April 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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Naugatuck Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Naugatuck Valley RRScale: N (1:160)Size: 9’9″ x 10’0″Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RRPeriod: fall 1959Style: walkaroundMainline run: Waterbury/south 41 feet, Waterbury/north 11 feetMinimum turnout: no. 5Minimum radius: 11″Originally appeared in the April 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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New Haven on Cape Cod

Track plan at a glance Name: New Haven on Cape CodLayout designer: John PrykeScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 12 x 20 feetPrototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RREra: 1948Style: walkaroundMainline run: 56 feetMinimum radius: 32″ (passenger), 26″ (freight-only track)Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.5 percentOriginally appeared in the October 2006 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]

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Oak Grove, Ill.

Track plan at a glanceName: Oak Grove, Ill.Scale: HOSize: 5′-6″ x 16′-0″Minimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the June 2005 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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Ontabec Central

Track plan at a glanceName: Ontabec CentralScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: L-shaped 9′-6″ x 10′-6″ (includes 9.75″ x 6′-6″ staging)Prototype: free-lanceEra: 1950sStyle: shelfMainline run: 12 feet plus 6 feet in stagingMinimum radius: 20″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 0Originally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]

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PRR Eno Valley Division

Track plan at a glanceName: Pennsylvania RR Eno Valley DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24′-0″ x 32′-6″Prototype: PRR Middle DivisionPeriod: late 1950sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 415 feetMinimum radius: 36″ (main), 28″ (industries)Minimum turnout: Peco large-radiusMaximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Reading RR Shamokin Division

Track plan at a glanceName: Reading Co. Shamokin DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″Era: 1952-57Style: linear walkaroundMainline run: 280 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 2.6 percentOriginally appeared in the March 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Red Rock Northern

Track plan at a glanceName: Red Rock NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 9 x 11 feetPrototype: freelanced short line in rural AmericaEra: variableStyle: around-the-walls with liftout sectionMainline run: 68 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the June 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]

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