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Track plan at a glance Name: Spiral Hill RR Scale: S (1:64) Size: 19 x 20 feet Theme: free-lance branch line Period: 1950s Style: single-track Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2000 issue of Great Model Railroads. See a PDF version of this track plan by […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Niagara & Pearl Creek Scale: N (1:160) Size: 11 x 29 feet Prototype: free-lanced Northeastern line and New York Central Period: 1954 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 90 feet Minimum radius: 17″ main line, 12″ Niagara Division Minimum turnout: Peco no. 6 main line, no. 4 yards Maximum […]
Track plan at a glance Name: White River & Northern Scale: N (1:160) Size: 7 x 10 feet Prototype: free-lance tourist and freight line Period: late ’70s to late ’80s Style: shelf Minimum radius: 12″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 2000 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Winged Foot & Western Scale: On3 (1:48) Size: 10 x 28 feet Theme: free-lance logging and mining railroad Period: turn-of-the-century Style: point-to-loop Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the 2000 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click here to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Ry. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 22.5 x 29 feet Prototype: Raton Pass on the First District of the New Mexico Division Period: summer 1950 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 202 feet Minimum radii: 21″ on visible track, 18″ on hidden track Minimum turnout: no. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Athabasca System Scale: N (1:160) Size: 8 x 11 feet plus two 8-foot detachable staging yards Theme: bridge line Era: late 1980s Style: doughnut Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 1998 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Denver Rio Grande & Southern RR Scale: Sn3 Size: 11 x 14 feet Prototype: narrow gauge mountain railroading Period: 1930s through 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2001 issue of Great Model […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: G-Whiz Layout Scale: Gn3 (1:22.5) Size: 12 x 25 feet Period: 1930s Style: portable sectional Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in the February 2003 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Montana Rail Link Third Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9’1″ x 16′-5″ Prototype: Montana Rail Link Era: 1990s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 18″, except where marked Minimum turnout: Peco large radius Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the July 2007 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Rio Verde & Western Scale: Nn3 (1:160) Size: 10′-8″ x 15′-4″ Prototype: Rocky Mountain narrow gauge Period: 1880 -1920 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 7″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 5 percent Originally appeared in the 2001 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also […]
