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Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Atlas O Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Four fun-filled 4 x 8 track plans: The Omaha Road Parts List […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Starter set expansion plans (FasTrack) components Starter set expansion plans (FasTrack) […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O gauge tubular Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Starter set expansion plans (Lionel O gauge tubular track) […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 8 feet Track type: MTH RealTrax Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Starter set expansion plans (MTH RealTrax) […]
Name: New York Central Hudson Division Layout designer: Richard L. Stoving Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-0″ x 23′-6″ Locale: New York State Hudson River Highlands Era: 1940s Style: walk in Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.3 percent Originally appeared in the January 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]
Name: Norfolk & Western Layout designer: John Armstrong Scale: O (1:48) Size: 30 x 40 feet Prototype: Norfolk & Western Locale: Not specified Era: Steam Style: Walkaround Mainline run: 275 feet (loop to loop) Minimum radius: 54″ (main line) (44″ branch line) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yard and secondary tracks) Maximum grade: […]
Name: Rice Harbor Layout designer: David Popp Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 5 x 8 feet, plus a 9″ x 40″ folding carfloat extension Prototype: freelanced short line Locale: coastal South Carolina Era: 1930s Style: island, portable Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), Atlas 18″ radius Snap-Switch (spurs) Maximum grade: none […]
Name: CSX Miami Downtown Spur Layout designer: Lance Mindheim Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 21 feet Prototype: CSX Locale: Miami Era: 2007 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 89 feet Minimum radius: 24 inches Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the December 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the […]
Name: Milwaukee Road 14th Subdivision Layout designer: Bowen Tubbs Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 16′-6″ Prototype: Milwaukee Road or Seattle & North Coast RR Locale: Olympic Peninsula, Washington State Era: 1970s to 1984 Style: around the walls with divided peninsula Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 […]
Name: Spokane International Ry. Layout designer: Mike Pagano Scale: N (1:160) Size: 6 x 13 feet Prototype: Spokane International Ry., Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Locale: Northern Idaho Era: 1954 to 1962 Style: Sectional island Mainline run: 78 feet Minimum radius: 12-1⁄2″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent (main), 4 percent (logging branch) […]
Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Hinton Division Layout designer: Jim EuDaly Scale: O (1:48) Size: 35 x 50-feet, with 9 x 12-foot dispatcher’s office Prototype: C&O New River and Alleghany Subdivisions Locale: southern West Virginia Era: 1948-1952 Style: Three-deck walkaround Mainline run: 775 feet Minimum radius: 60″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent (westbound) […]
Name: Virginian & Ohio RR. K&M Subdivision Layout designer: W. Allen McClelland Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 7 x 38 feet plus a 32 foot extension of the main line (east) to hidden staging Prototype: freelanced Locale: southern West Virginia Period: summer 1959 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (main), 28″ (yard) Minimum […]
