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Track plan at a glance Name: Val Ease Central RR Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 2 x 8 feet Prototype: Union Pacific RR Era: autumn 1954 Style: display layout Mainline run: 35 feet Minimum radius: 6″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wabash RR Decatur Division Tenth District Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 13 feet Prototype: Wabash RR Tenth District Period: October 1964 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radii: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the December 2000 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: West Side Lumber Co. Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 10 x 10 feet Period: 1958-1959 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 29 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Third Subdivision between Oroville and Portola, Calif. Period: spring 1938 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 130 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 in yards Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Yosemite Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Yosemite Valley RR Period: August 1939 Style: multideck along the walls with peninsula Mainline run: 112 feet Minimum radius: 22″ with spiral easements Minimum turnout: no. 5, all controlled with slow-action switch motors Maximum grade: 2.3 percent […]
The railway at a glance Name: L&R Railway Size of railroad: 110′ x 25′ Scale: Mixed Gauge: Nº 1 (45mm) Theme: Countryside flower beds Age: 11 years Motive power: LGB Mogul, Unitah Mallet, F7 (two A units and one B); Aristo-Craft Alco RS-3; Bachmann Climax and Shay Length of mainline: 250′ Maximum gradient: 0% Type […]
The railroad at a glance Name: Kaweah Box & Barrel Company RR and Sequoia Valley Railroad Scale: 15mm=1′ (1:20.3) Gauge: Nº 1 (45mm) Size: 50′ x 90′ (around the perimeter and into the front yard) Theme: Narrow-gauge short line and industrial Period: 1917 Railroad height: Ground level to two feet Track: Llagas Creek code-250 flex […]
Q: I am building a layout and want to do what I’ve seen in postwar dealer displays. Specifically, I’ve seen under the layout board a thin metal strip running the entire length of the layout. To this you would solder the ground contact for every accessory, thus greatly reducing the amount of wiring required. I […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Boston & Maine’s New Hampshire DivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 16 x 29 feet (in two rooms)Prototype: B & M (also Barre & Chelsea, Canadian Pacific, and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County)Period: November 1952Style: walkaround point-to-pointMinimum radii: 24″Minimum turnouts: handlaid with no. 6 minimum frog; many are curvedMaximum grade: main line is […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Golden Empire IIScale: Z (1:220)Size: 7 x 7 feetPrototype: Southern PacificPeriod: 1950sStyle: donutMainline run: 33 feetMinimum radius: 11″Originally appeared in the March 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Claremont & Concord Ry.Scale: G scaleLayout size: 18′-6″ x 10′-6″Scale of plan: 1/2″ = 1’0″, 12 gridOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Deer MountainScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 8 feetPrototype: free-lancedPeriod: late-1940s to mid-1950sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 0Originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
