Hessel & Lone Pine RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Hessel & Lone Pine RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13½ x 24 feet Prototype: free-lanced short line Period: 1930s Style: walkaround Minimum radii: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific in Los Angeles Period: early 1950s Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Originally appeared in the March 1999 […]

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Inyo & White Mountain RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Inyo & White Mountain RRScale: HO and HOn3 (1:87)Size: 9 x 12 feetTheme: fictitious short lineEra: early ’50sMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Kay Gee Canyon Line

Track plan at a glance Name: Kay Gee Canyon Line Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 14 x 25 feet Theme: fictional short line feeding the Pennsylvania RR Era: 1935 Style: walk-in Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link […]

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Lilliput Logger

Track plan at a glance Name: Lilliput Logger Scale: HO Originally appeared in the August 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Lorigan Lumber Co.

Track plan at a glance Name: Lorigan Lumber Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Theme: free-lance narrow gauge logging railroad Period: late 1930s Style: walkaround shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]

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Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1963 Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 for crossovers and sidings, no. 6 for spurs Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the 2006 […]

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Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern

Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 29 feet Prototype: MKT and KCS Era: late 1960s Style: continuous run with reverse loops and staging Mainline run: 140 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2¼ percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue […]

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Mohawk Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Mohawk Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 33′-0″ Theme: freelance, based on the Central Vermont Ry. Period: late 1950s to early 1960s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 64 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great […]

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Much Bynding on the Marsh

Track plan at a glance Name: Much Bynding on the Marsh Scale: British OO (1:76) Size: 14 x 22 feet Prototype: British Rys. Era: 1950s Style: modular walkaround display Mainline run: approximately 50 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]

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New York, Ontario & Western Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: New York, Ontario & Western (“O&W”) Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 15 feet Prototype: Southern Division of the O&W Period: summer 1953 Style: linear multideck Mainline run: 80 feet visible (212 feet including helix and staging) Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally […]

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Northern Timber Co.

Track plan at a glance Name: Northern Timber Co. Scale: HO Theme: logging with Shay locomotives Period: 1925 to 1930 Style: modular Minimum radii: 32″ (main line), 26″ (logging line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line) and no. 4 (logging line) Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]

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