Fort Travis & Dayton

Track plan at a glance Name: Fort Travis & Dayton Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 9½ x 19 feet Theme: industrial switching Period: mid-’50s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.1 percent (¼” per foot) Originally appeared in the November 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]

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Georgia Southern RR

Track plan at a glanceName: Georgia Southern RRScale: HO (1:87)Size: 8 x 8 feet with center operating areaTheme: free-lance, fictitious subsidiary of the Georgia RR with branch linePeriod: summer 1957Style: two-lap oval with three-track staging yardMainline run: 32 feetMinimum radius: 24″ main line, 20″ through curved turnouts, 18″ on sidingsMinimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 […]

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Glenwood & Black Creek

Track plan at a glance Name: Glenwood & Black Creek Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Size: 16′-6″ x 33′-0″ Theme: western narrow gauge Period: 1880 to 1930 Style: double deck Mainline run: 240 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent main, 3 percent branch Originally appeared in the May 2000 issue of […]

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Hillside

Track plan at a glance Name: Hillside Scale: HO Originally appeared in the September 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Housatonic RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Housatonic RR Scale: HO (1:87) Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Kanawha Creek Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: Kanawha Creek Ry. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 7 x 13 feet Theme: short line Period: early 1950s Style: island Mainline run: 21 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]

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Kevin Shanahan’s Union Pacific

Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Scale: HO Size: 16 x 26 feet Prototype: UP main line Period: 1955-1965 Style: around the walls with duckunder entrance Mainline run: 220 feet Minimum radius: 38″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]

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Maggie’s Cove

Track plan at a glanceName: Maggie’s CoveScale: HO (1:87)Size: 4 x 8 feetTheme: logging and waterfrontPeriod: mid-1950sStyle: islandMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 17″ (inside tunnel)Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the February 2001 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Metro Belt & Terminal

Track plan at a glanceName: Metro Belt & TerminalScale: HOSize: 8′-6″ x 11′-9″Minimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the April 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Mid-Atlantic & Western Ry.

Track plan at a glanceName: Mid-Atlantic & Western Ry.Size: 2 x 10 feetScale: HO (1:87)Theme: free-lance Class 1 railroad in an urban settingPeriod: fall 1950Style: shelfMainline run: 10 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: handlaid nos. 5 to 7Originally appeared in the May 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the […]

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Missouri, Kansas & Quincy

Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri, Kansas & Quincy Scale: HO (1:87) Prototype: free-lance, based on the Santa Fe Period: contemporary Style: walkaround Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.7 percent Originally appeared in the October 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]

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MoPac Arkansas Division

Track plan at a glance Name: MoPac Arkansas Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 28 x 36 feet Prototype: Missouri Pacific Period: 1980s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 168 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 in yards, no. 6 on main Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2000 issue of […]

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