C & O Alleghany Subdivision

Track plan at a glanceName: Chesapeake & Ohio Alleghany SubdivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 16 x 21 feetPrototype: western end of the Alleghany SubdivisionEra: 1948-1952Style: walkaroundMainline run: 108 feetMinimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 8Maximum grade: 2.8 percentOriginally appeared in the June 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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C&O’s Alleghany Subdivision

Track plan at a glanceName: Alleghany SubdivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 22 x 24 feetPrototype: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.Period: summer 1947Style: walkaroundMainline run: 150 feetMinimum radius: 34″ main line, 28″ branch lineMinimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 1.67 percentOriginally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]

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Central RR Co. of New Jersey

Track plan at a glanceName: Central RR Co. of New JerseyScale: HOSize: 9 x 10 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the March 2005 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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City of Wauwatogo

Track plan at a glanceName: City of WauwatogaScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 8 x 14 feetPrototype: Milwaukee RoadEra: 1945-1965Style: portable islandMainline run: 40 feetMinimum radius: 24″ main line, 18″ industrialMinimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 4 industrial tracksMaximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the December 2006 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track […]

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Crabbitt & Pitchahissee RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Crabbitt & Pitchahissee RRScale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1)Size: 26’0″ x 26’0″Period: 1920Style: walk-inMainline run: 124 feetMinimum turnout: no. 4Minimum radius: 24″Maximum grade: 7 percentOriginally appeared in the April 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Eaglecreek & Northern

Track plan at a glanceName: Eaglecreek & NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-10″ x 14′-5″Prototype: Union PacificEra: 1953Style: dioramas viewed from operating pitsMainline run: 55 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minumum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the October 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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HO Western Pacific RR

Track plan at a glanceName: Western Pacific RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 9′-0″ x 10′-6″Prototype: freelanced using Western Pacific lettering and heraldsEra: 1935Style: walk-inMainline run: 63 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 3.5 percentOriginally appeared in the November 2006 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a […]

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Lehigh Alliance of Rail Carriers

Track plan at a glanceName: Lehigh Alliance of Rail CarriersScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 19′-0″ x 34′-0″Theme: fictional merger between the Central of New Jersey, Delaware & Hudson, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, and Reading railroadsEra: late 1960s, early 1970sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 110 feetMinimum radii: 24″ (main), 18″ (industrial areas)Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (industrial)Maximum grade: […]

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Loup Creek Branch

Track plan at a glanceName: Loup Creek BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 9 x 11 feetPrototype: Chesapeake & OhioEra: 1970sStyle: multilevel walk-inMainline run: 95 feetMinimum radii: 22″ main line, 18″ staging, sidings, and spursMinimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 4 spursMaximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the May 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in […]

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Minnesota & International

Track plan at a glanceName: Minnesota & InternationalScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 15′-0″ x 18′-0″Minimum radius: 27″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the January 2006 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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Mississippi, Alabama, & Gulf

Track plan at a glanceName: Mississippi, Alabama, & GulfScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 27 feetPrototype: freelancedEra: 1950sStyle: around-the-walls and peninsulaMainline run: 47 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main line, 18″ on spur tracksMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the April 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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Montreal & Northern Ry.

Track plan at a glanceName: Montreal & Northern Ry.Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10′-4″ x 12′-6″ (L-shaped)Prototype: freelancedEra: modernStyle: portable, panoramicMainline run: 40 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 11 percentOriginally appeared in the January 2007 issue of Model Railroader.Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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