Southern Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 30 feet Prototype: Southern Ry. Period: 1945 through early 1950s Style: walk-in with one duck-under Mainline run: 425 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 with some no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the August 2003 issue […]

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Stony Creek & Western

Track plan at a glance Name: Stony Creek & Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 29 x 51 feet Theme: Western bridge line Era: mid-1950s Style: panoramic, walk-in Minimum radius: 28″ HO, 22″ HOn3 Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]

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Toledo Central Union Terminal

Track plan at a glance Name: Toledo Central Union Terminal Scale: HO Size: 20 x 27 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the February 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Utah Belt 2003

Track plan at a glance Name: Utah Belt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22′-8″ x 39′-6″ Prototype: free-lanced Period: the present Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 173 feet Minimum radius: 39″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of […]

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Wabash RR Decatur Division Tenth District

Track plan at a glance Name: Wabash RR Decatur Division Tenth District Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 13 feet Prototype: Wabash RR Tenth District Period: October 1964 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radii: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the December 2000 issue of […]

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Western Pacific Third Subdivision

Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Third Subdivision between Oroville and Portola, Calif. Period: spring 1938 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 130 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 in yards Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in […]

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Yosemite Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Yosemite Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Yosemite Valley RR Period: August 1939 Style: multideck along the walls with peninsula Mainline run: 112 feet Minimum radius: 22″ with spiral easements Minimum turnout: no. 5, all controlled with slow-action switch motors Maximum grade: 2.3 percent […]

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Boston & Maine New Hampshire Division

Track plan at a glanceName: Boston & Maine’s New Hampshire DivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 16 x 29 feet (in two rooms)Prototype: B & M (also Barre & Chelsea, Canadian Pacific, and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County)Period: November 1952Style: walkaround point-to-pointMinimum radii: 24″Minimum turnouts: handlaid with no. 6 minimum frog; many are curvedMaximum grade: main line is […]

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Deer Mountain

Track plan at a glanceName: Deer MountainScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 8 feetPrototype: free-lancedPeriod: late-1940s to mid-1950sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 0Originally appeared in the June 2004 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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Dorrville Branch

Track plan at a glanceName: Dorrville BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 40″ x 60″Prototype: New York, New Haven & HartfordTheme: small-town freightPeriod: around 1960Style: tabletopMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Originally appeared in the September 2004 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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Eaglecreek and Northern

Track plan at a glanceName: Eaglecreek & NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-10″ x 14′-5″Prototype: freelancePeriod: autumn 1953Style: walk-inMainline run: 84 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main line), and no. 4 (yards)Maximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download […]

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