Track plan at a glance Name: Silverton Central Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 6 x 24 feet Era: 1928-1935 Style: sectional Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 31″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Plan Type: Island
Cascade Mountain RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade Mountain RR Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: free-lanced, influenced by Great Northern and Western Pacific Period: 1950s Style: island Minimum radius: 6″ Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF […]
Onyx Division of the Burlington Northern
Track plan at a glance Name: Onyx Division of the Burlington Northern Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 28 feet Period: western Washington/Puget Sound region Prototype: Burlington Northern and the Union Pacific with trackage rights for the fictional Aberdeen, Tacoma & Spanaway Forest RR Style: island with internal peninsula and walk-in center operating pit Mainline […]
Shamokin Valley Lines
Track plan at a glance Name: Shamokin Valley Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 48 x 60 feet Prototypes: the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley RRs Period: 1950s Style: island with internal aisles Minimum radius: 48″ on main lines, 30″ on branch lines Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the Febraury 1999 issue of Model […]
The Eastern Loggers
Track plan at a glance Name: The Eastern Loggers Scale: HO (1:87)- standard and 3-foot gauge Size: 10 x 15 feet (expanding to 10 x 20 feet) Theme: Pennsylvania lumber industry and railroading Period: 1915-1925, summer Style: loop, walkaround island Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: about 6 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue […]
Appalachian Central
Track plan at a glance Name: Appalachian Central Scale: N (1:160) Size: 5′-7″ x 7′-0″ Prototype: free-lanced Period: today Style: island Mainline run: 22 feet Minimum radius: 9¾” Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the January 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to […]
Appalachian Central RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Appalachian Central RR Scale: N (1:160) Originally appeared in the April 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
C & O New River Subdivision at Sewell, W. VA.
Track plan at a glance Name: C & O New River Subdivision at Sewell, W. VA. Scale: N (1:160) Originally appeared in the August 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Crystal River District
Track plan at a glance Name: Crystal River District Scale: HO (1:87.1) Originally appeared in the July 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this trackplan […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]