Track plan at a glance Name: Lilliput Logger Scale: HO Originally appeared in the August 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Lilliput Logger
Scale: HO Scale
Lorigan Lumber Co.
Track plan at a glance Name: Lorigan Lumber Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Theme: free-lance narrow gauge logging railroad Period: late 1930s Style: walkaround shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]
Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1963 Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 for crossovers and sidings, no. 6 for spurs Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the 2006 […]
Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern
Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 29 feet Prototype: MKT and KCS Era: late 1960s Style: continuous run with reverse loops and staging Mainline run: 140 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2¼ percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue […]
Mohawk Valley RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Mohawk Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 33′-0″ Theme: freelance, based on the Central Vermont Ry. Period: late 1950s to early 1960s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 64 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great […]
Much Bynding on the Marsh
Track plan at a glance Name: Much Bynding on the Marsh Scale: British OO (1:76) Size: 14 x 22 feet Prototype: British Rys. Era: 1950s Style: modular walkaround display Mainline run: approximately 50 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]
New York, Ontario & Western Ry.
Track plan at a glance Name: New York, Ontario & Western (“O&W”) Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 15 feet Prototype: Southern Division of the O&W Period: summer 1953 Style: linear multideck Mainline run: 80 feet visible (212 feet including helix and staging) Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally […]
Northern Timber Co.
Track plan at a glance Name: Northern Timber Co. Scale: HO Theme: logging with Shay locomotives Period: 1925 to 1930 Style: modular Minimum radii: 32″ (main line), 26″ (logging line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line) and no. 4 (logging line) Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]
Pike City Belt Line
Track plan at a glance Name: Pike City Belt Line Scale: HO Size: 8 x 12 feet Style: shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Peco large radius Originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Puffer Bridge Lines
Track plan at a glance Name: Puffer Bridge Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 8′-7″ x 19′-4½” Prototype: free-lance Period: early 1970s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 44 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 in yards; no. 6 on main line Maximum grade: less than ½ percent Originally appeared in the 2002 issue […]
Reading Co.
Track plan at a glance Name: Reading Co. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 2½ x 17½ feet (city scene) Theme: urban industrial switching Period: late 1930s, early 1940s Style: shelf with backdrop Minimum radius: 36″ (main line) Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line; no. 4 for industrial sidings Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of […]
Shamokin Valley Lines
Track plan at a glance Name: Shamokin Valley Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 48 x 60 feet Prototypes: the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley RRs Period: 1950s Style: island with internal aisles Minimum radius: 48″ on main lines, 30″ on branch lines Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the Febraury 1999 issue of Model […]
