Track plan at a glance Name: Sud Pacifico con Otros (Spanish for “Southern Pacific with Others”) Scale: HO and HOn3 Size: 12 x 22 feet Theme: Southern Pacific Era: early 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: approximately 100 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2002 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Tehachapi Pass Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 15 x 16 feet Prototype: Union Pacific (former Southern Pacific); Burlington Northern Santa Fe (former Santa Fe) has trackage rights Period: present Style: around the walls, walk-in Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 on main, no. 6 in yard Maximum grade: 2.5 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: The Eastern Loggers Scale: HO (1:87)- standard and 3-foot gauge Size: 10 x 15 feet (expanding to 10 x 20 feet) Theme: Pennsylvania lumber industry and railroading Period: 1915-1925, summer Style: loop, walkaround island Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: about 6 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Timber City & Northwestern Scale: HO Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Utah Colorado Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 28 x 33 feet Prototype: free-lance Period: 1967 Style: peninsula walkaround Minimum radii: 30″ on main line, 26″ on branch line Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the May 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Click this link to download a PDF […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Walla Walla Valley Ry. Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 10 x 11 feet Prototype: Walla Walla Valley Ry. Period: 1968 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: Peco medium radius Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click here […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Waynesburg & Washington RR Scale: HO (1:87 standard gauge) Size: 17 x 18 feet Theme: Pennsylvania RR Period: summer 1957 Style: point to point with connection for continuous run Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: handlaid no. 6 with no. 4 in some yards Maximum grade: 2½ percent Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Western Route of the Boston & Maine Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 11 x 13 feet Theme: B&M with Maine Central interchange Period: late 1950s-early ’60s Style: center access with surrounding staging Mainline run: 67 feet (27 feet visible plus 40 feet in staging) Minimum radius: 31″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wyoming Division of the Union Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 26 x 45½ feet Prototype: Union Pacific Era: 1938 to 1960 Style: around the walls with duckunder Minimum radii: main line 48″, branch line 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: main line 1.8 percent, branch line 3.8 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Waterbury Branch (New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 10 x 13 feet Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Period: 1940-’50s Style: around the walls with operating pit Minimum radius: 23″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Arvern Bay Terminal RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12′-6″ x 18′-8″ Prototype: Eastern urban short line; fictitious subsidiary of the CNJ Period: September 1944 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 22″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the March […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bedroom layout Scale: HO (1:87) Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 and no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
