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Track plan at a glance Name: Tall Pine RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 24 feet Prototype: freelanced Era: 1940s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 33 feet, including 16′-0″ staging yard Prototype: Wisconsin & Southern Era: present day Style: shelf Mainline run: 36 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Model […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Greenbrier Branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Scale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 24 feet Prototype: C&O, Greenbrier Logging Co. Period: 1930s to 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet standard gauge, 30 feet narrow gauge Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Colorado & Southern and Pitkin Tram Scale: ½n3½ and ½n2½ (1:24 proportion narrow gauge on No. 1 and 2½-foot gauge track) Size: 11 x 18 feet Prototype: C&S narrow gauge and Gilpin Tram Period: 1940 Style: modular, walk-in Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 8.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Arkansas & Missouri Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 16 feet Era: present Style: along-the-walls shelf Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 6 percent Originally appeared in the February 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Scale: N (1:160) Size: 20 x 22 feet Prototype: Raton Pass on the First District of the Santa Fe’s New Mexico Division Period: summer 1950 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 202 feet (120 feet visible; 92 feet hidden including helix) Minimum radius: 21″ […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Black Rock & Marmot Ry. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 14 feet Prototype: free-lance Period: 1960s Style: around the walls with a peninsula Mainline run: 68 feet (2.1 scale miles) Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 1999 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Midland Continental Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14′-9″ x 31′-3″ Theme: prairie railroading Year: 1964 Mainline run: 81 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-6″ x 19′-6″ Prototype: NH electrified zone Period: 1950s to 1960s Style: around-the-walls and peninsula Mainline run: 65 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the August 2004 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Allegheny Central Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 24 feet Theme: freelanced freight line Era: late 1970s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 102 feet Minimum radius: 26″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the September 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Fort Myers Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Seminole Gulf Ry. Era: 1990s Style: portable sectional layout Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the September 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Hevonkuusi Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-2″ x 13′-9″ Period: summer 1955 Prototype: Valtion Rautatiet (Finnish State Rys.) Style: walk-in Mainline run: 98 feet Minimum radius: 23″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click […]
