Track plan at a glanceName: Piermont DivisionScale: HO scale (1:87.1)Size: 57 x 72 feetPrototype: free-lanceEra: 1945 to 1955Style: around-the-wallsMainline run: 1,380 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 2 percent main line, 4 percent coal mineOriginally appeared in the February 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Roscoe, Snyder & PacificScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 13 feetPrototype: RS&PPeriod: 1930sStyle: sectionalMainline run: 33′-3″Minimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Salt Lake SouthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 26′-6″ x 40′-0″Prototype: freelanced and Chicago & North WesternPeriod: 1995Style: double deck with helixesMainline run: 325 feetMinimum radius: main line, 30″; branch line 22″Minimum turnout: main line no. 6, branch line no. 4Maximum grade: 2.75 percentOriginally appeared in the December 2005 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Santa Fe, 1951Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 49 feetPrototype: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.Period: August 29, 1951Style: walkaroundMainline run: 150 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 8Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sierra, Carson & Truckee Ry.Scale: HO and HOn3Size: 10 x 16 feet with added 5 x 5-foot alcovePrototype: Sierra RR, Virginia & Truckee RREra: 1929Style: double-deck walkaroundMainline run: 176 feetMinimum radii: 18″ for HO, 15″ for HOn3Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grades: 2.2 percent on HO, 3.5 percent on HOn3Originally […]
Track plan at a glanceName: South Central Minnesota RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-6″ x 22′-6″ = 168.75 sq. ft.Prototype: Chicago & North Western and Milwaukee RoadPeriod: late 1950s to the mid-1980sStyle: along the wallsMainline run: approximately 60 feet per railroad (Milwaukee Road and C&NW)Minimum turnout: no. 4Originally appeared in the November 2005 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sugar Spring Mining Co. RR Scale: HO Size: 19′-6″ x 20′-6″ feet Prototype: freelanced, based on the Colorado & Southern and Rio Grande Southern Period: early 1900s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 132 feet (dual gauge), 80 feet (narrow gauge) Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4.5 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Swartz Creek No. 1 Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Emporia Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 35 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Period: 1978 Style: multi-level walkaround Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to […]
Track plan at a glance Name: River Bend & Eastern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 19 x 36 feet Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RRs Period: 1965 Style: around the walls Mainline run: NYC 110 feet, PRR 136 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the August […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Virginian & Ohio Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 43 x 54 feet Prototype: free-lanced, Ohio to Virginia Period: 1975 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 326 feet Minimum radii: main 36″, branch 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 main and yards, no. 6 industries and sidings Maximum grade: 1.77 percent Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Burton on TrentScale: OO (1:76 proportion on 1:87.1 HO gauge track)Size: 15 x 21 feetPrototype: London, Midland & ScottishEra: 1920s to 1960sStyle: multiple loops with walk-in aisle and duckunder operating pitMainline run: 126 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings)Maximum grade: 1 percentOriginally appeared in the April […]
