Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: CSX Philadelphia Subdivision Layout owner: Bruce Friedman Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 42 x 56 feet Prototype: CSX Locale: Philadelphia to Baltimore Era: modern day Style: multi-deck walkaround Mainline run: 1,000 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.25 […]
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Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Conrail’s Onondaga Cutoff Layout owner: Dave Abeles Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20′-8″ x 30′-6″ Prototype: Conrail Locale: upstate New York Era: 1990s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 22″ (yards and sidings) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), […]
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Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: The Sunset Route Layout owner: Ron Mei Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 58 x 68 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; and Union Pacific Locale: southern California and Arizona Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 733 feet Minimum radius: 32″ […]
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This was video was shot during the 2019 BNSF Days at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. CMRM volunteers bring their personal trains to these events, so the video features a variety of trains from different eras and BNSF predecessor railroads. Video by Bill Rogers. […]
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Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Belfast & Vinehaven RR and Portland & Mystic Line Layout owner: Arnie Hall Scale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 40 feet Prototype: Freelanced bridge line Locale: New England coast Era: mid-1940s to early 1950s Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 110 feet […]
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Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Howard Clark’s model railroad Layout owner: Howard Clark Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 10′-8″ x 20′-0″ Theme: freelanced urban railroad, inspired by Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, and Nickel Plate Road Locale: eastern United States Era: 1950s Style: multi-level walk-in Mainline run: […]
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A Big Boy, Two Challengers, and 100 Cars travel from Quartz Mountain Summit to Lakeview at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s February, 2019 Extreme Trains event. Video submitted by Bill Rogers. […]
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Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Baltimore & Ohio Southwest Layout owner: Carl Griffin Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 29 feet Prototype: Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, New York Central Locale: Southeastern Ohio Era: 1964 Style: multi-deck walkaround Mainline run: 243 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
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Name: Rock Island Lines Layout owner: Mike Armstrong Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30 x 40 feet Prototype: Rock Island Locale: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., to Kansas City, Kan. Era: 1964 to 1970 Style: multi-deck walk-in Mainline run: 750 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.96 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 40″ to […]
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Name: Rio Grande, Alpine Division Layout owner: Matt Carpenter Scale: N scale (1:160) Size: 14 x 32 feet Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western Locale: Colorado mountains Era: 1985 Style: walk-in with partial upper deck Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: open grid on heavy-duty wood shelf […]
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Watch this 100-car Union Pacific coal train at the November 2018 Colorado Model Railroad Museum Extreme Trains event. […]
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