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Make streetlamps for your garden railway
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A large-scale layout for San Diego’s Children’s Hospital
A whimsical train makes its way past alarming mountains of orange, red and purple, on its way to more pleasant and soothing scenery. Bob Treat The character and colors of the scratchbuilt structures are in keeping with the overall concept. Bob Treat The engine crosses the waterfall on a rickety trestle. The rainbow marks the […]
Algoma River RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Algoma River RR Scale: On3 (1:48 proportion, three-foot narrow gauge) Size: 19½ x 22½ feet plus extension into workshop Prototype: free-lance Period: late 1920s, early 1930s Style: walk-in, walkaround Mainline run: 108 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (30″ on branch) Minimum turnout: approximately no. 4, handlaid to fit Maximum grade: […]
Boston & Maine New England North Division
Track plan at a glance Name: Boston & Maine New England North Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 16×16 xq. ft. Prototype: B&M in western Massachusetts Period: 1920-1955 Style: around the walls with a peninsula Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: main line 24″, yard 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in […]
Broak & Kantifordit Tie & Timber Co.
Track plan at a glance Name: Broak & Kantifordit Tie & Timber Co. Scale: On3 (1:48, three-foot gauge) Size: 11 x 11 feet Period: 1920s and ’30s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 7 percent Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model […]
Cactus Valley RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Cactus Valley RR Scale: HO Size: 4 x 8 feet Originally appeared in the December 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Camas Prairie Railroad
Track plan at a glance Name: Camas Prarie Railroad Minimum radius: 15″ on visible track, 12″ on hidden track Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the February 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Carrabasset & Dead River Ry.
Track plan at a glance Name: Carrabasset & Dead River Ry. Scale: HOn2½ (1:87) Size: 28 x 28 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on Maine two-foot gauge prototypes Period: 1941 Style: around-the-walls walkaround Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
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 […]
Central City & River Route RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Central City & River Route RR Scale: HO (1:87) Prototype: New York Central RR Period: 1945-’55 Style: corner walk-in Mainline run: 30 feet Minimum radii: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download […]
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division
Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: fall in Appalachia Era: late 1940s to early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 253 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.2 percent Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great […]
Colorado’s Joint Line
Track plan at a glance Name: Colorado’s Joint Line Scale: HO Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan Version 1 Version 2 […]
