Track plan at a glance Name: Onion Valley Mining & Lumber Co. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14′-0″ x 20′-0″ Theme: mining and lumber short line Era: 1935 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2006 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Ontabec CentralScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: L-shaped 9′-6″ x 10′-6″ (includes 9.75″ x 6′-6″ staging)Prototype: free-lanceEra: 1950sStyle: shelfMainline run: 12 feet plus 6 feet in stagingMinimum radius: 20″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 0Originally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Pennsylvania RR Eno Valley DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24′-0″ x 32′-6″Prototype: PRR Middle DivisionPeriod: late 1950sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 415 feetMinimum radius: 36″ (main), 28″ (industries)Minimum turnout: Peco large-radiusMaximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Reading Co. Shamokin DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″Era: 1952-57Style: linear walkaroundMainline run: 280 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 2.6 percentOriginally appeared in the March 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Red Rock NorthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 9 x 11 feetPrototype: freelanced short line in rural AmericaEra: variableStyle: around-the-walls with liftout sectionMainline run: 68 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the June 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sand Patch Layout designer: Robert Sprague Scale: HO Size: 12′-10″ x 13′-3″ Originally appeared in the May 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Era: early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radii: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnouts: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Maximum grade: none Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pacific & Idaho Northern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 15′-0″ with 3′-6″ x 7′-0″ extension Theme: turn-of-the-past-century branch line Period: 1900 to 1908 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 105 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2005 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: The Webster Groves & Fenton RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16 x 27 feet with a 7 x 13-foot extension Prototype: free-lanced bridge line Period: 1970-1990 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 117′-5″ Minimum radius: 30″ on main, 28″ on sidings Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Turtle Creek Branch Scale: HO Size: 2 x 6 feet Originally appeared in the January 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Freight RR Scale: HO Originally appeared in the June 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: UP’s Daneville and Donner River Subdivisions Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 11′-6″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific, with Burlington Northern Santa Fe trackage rights Period: present Mainline run: 59 feet (excluding staging) Minimum radius: 33″ Minimum turnout: No. 8 (main) and no. 6 (sidings and yards) Maximum grade: 2.6 percent […]
