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Track plan at a glance Name: Sherman Hill, Wyo. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 27 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Era: mid-1950s Style: sectional Mainline run: 59 feet Minimum radius: 21.8″ Maximum grade: 1.55 percent Originally appeared in the August 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Hillsboro Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20′-0″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific and Portland & Western RRs Period: 1990 to the present Style: shelf Mainline run: 50 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Click here […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific, First Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 19 x 19 feet Prototype: Western Pacific Period: 1966 Style: walk-in, around-the-walls Mainline run: 125 feet (2 scale miles) Minimum radius: 26″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4, no. 6 on main Maximum grade: 3 percent Click here to download […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Atlantic Coast & EasternScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 21′-0″ x 26′-6″Era: late 1950s to early 1960sStyle: walkaround on two levelsMainline run: 285 feetMinimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 4 (yards) no. 6 (main lines)Maximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great Model Railroads.Click on the link to download a PDF […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Boston & Maine Scale: O (1:48) Size: 17 x 28 feet Period: early 1950s or mid-1960s Style: single-level walkaround Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great Model Railroads. See a PDF version of this track plan by […]
Track plan at a glance Name: California Scenic RR Scale: O (1:48) Size: 17 x 24 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Period: 1940s to 1960s Minimum radius: 68″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. See a PDF version of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Clark Fork, John Flann RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13 x 15 feet with a five-track staging yard, eight feet long, in an adjacent room Theme: short line interchanging with the Burlington Northern Period: 1980s Style: L-shaped shelf Minimum radius: wide transitions, but no specific radius Minimum turnout: Peco […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Coal Belt Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 8 x 20 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on anthracite region railroads Era: 1910-1920 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 92 feet Minimum radius: 24″ with easements Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pandora & San Miguel RR Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Room size: 15 x 19 feet Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern Period: September 1938 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 30″; 28″ n peninsula Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pennsylvania & Westbrook Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13 x 26 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR and New York Central Period: mid-1950s Style: around the walls, folded dogbone Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radii: 30″ on main line except Horseshoe Curve’s 26″ minimum Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Santa Fe & Pacific LinesSize: 16 x 16 feetScale: N (1:160)Prototype: free-lanced, based on Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Union PacificPeriod: 1950sStyle: around the wallsMainline run: 176 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the March 2002 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Santa Fe Needles District Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9′-8″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Period: June 30, 1981 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 15.5″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the September 2002 issue of Model Railroader. […]
