Coal Belt

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 […]

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Midwest Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Midwest Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 9½ x 32½ feet Prototype: mainline railroading Era: modern (1950s to present by changing structures and details) Style: island, modular Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the 2001 issue of Great Model Railroads. See […]

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Pennsylvania & Westbrook RR

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 […]

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Santa Fe all the way!

Track plan at a glanceName: Santa Fe all the way!Scale: HO (1:87)Room size: 20 x 42 feetPrototype: free-lanced Santa Fe division point in the MidwestPeriod: steam/diesel- 1940 to 1960Style: walk-inMainline run: 165 feetMinimum radius: visible areas 48″, hidden track 36″Minimum turnout: Atlas no. 6Maximum grade: 1.1 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2002 issue of Model […]

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Spokane Valley & Northern

Track plan at a glance Name: Spokane Valley & Northern Scale: HO Size: 4 x 8 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the May 2002 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]

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Union Pacific Sherman Hill

Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Sherman Hill Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 22 x 34 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Period: spring 1954 Style: around-the-walls and peninsula Mainline run: 370 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 10 on main line, no. 6 in yards Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the March […]

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Valley City Street & Interurban Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: Valley City Street & Interurban Ry. Scale: HO Size: 5′-6″ x 10′-9″ Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the November 2002 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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59th Street Branch

Click on the image to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan at a glance Name: 59th Street Branch Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 11 feet Prototype: Erie RR Era: 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 23″ except where marked Minimum turnouts: no. 6 on main line, […]

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DT&I Jackson Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR, Jackson Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 15 x 22 feet Prototype: theoretical southern extension of the DT&I Period: 1956 Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 6, yard and industry tracks, no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared […]

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Gordon Paper Co.

Track plan at a glance Name: Gordon Paper Co. Scale: HO Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco Originally appeared in the November 1998 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]

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Green Mountain Division of the Boston & Maine

Track plan at a glance Name: Green Mountain Division of the Boston & Maine Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12′-8″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, & Rutland Period: fall 1958 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 112 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: handlaid to fit; most no. 6 Originally appeared in the […]

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