Retro Railroad you can build – original

Retro Railroad you can build – original

Layout designer: John Grams and Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O-27 Minimum curve: O-27 Originally appeared in the September 2009 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]

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A great railroad in a small space

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Railway at a glance Name: Bondesbjerg Mountain Railway Size: 8m x 4m (26’2″ x 13’1″) Scale: 1:10 Gauge: 45mm Era: Today Theme: Former industrial railroad, now a tourist attraction Age: 5 years Motive power: Scratchbuilt industrial diesel locomotive Length of mainline: 30m (98′) Maximum gradient: 2% Type of track: LGB rail spiked to wooden ties […]

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Big and busy retro railroad

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Layout designer: Anthony Dilapi and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 16 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the May 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the links below to view PDF’s for this track plan. Track plan Parts List Schematics […]

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Creative track plan leaves room for a tree

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Modified figure-eight layout Modified Lionel plan sectional components Traditional figure-eight layout Traditional plan Lionel sectional components Layout designer: Chris Ritchie Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 6 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the any of the images to enlarge […]

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Full-sized, full-featured Lionel FasTrack layout

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Layout designer: Mario DiFede and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 16 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the September 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]

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Build a lightweight O gauge layout

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Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: MTH RealTrax Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared as an S gauge track plan in the January 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. The plan was redrawn incorporating MTH RealTrax track components. Be sure to account for the changes in height required […]

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Plan a room-size logging layout

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Layout designer: E. A. Engebretson and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 12 feet Track type: Atlas O Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the July 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]

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CTT Readers’ Choice RR

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Layout designer: Kent Johnson and Bob Keller Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the February, March, May, and July 2011 issues of Classic Toy Trains. Readers’ Choice Railroad Track Plan Template Readers’ Choice Railroad Schematics Readers’ Choice Parts List     […]

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A small, simple, and amazingly sensible plan

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Layout designer: Kent Johnson, for the May 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: Lionel tubular track Minimum curve: O-31   See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. See a PDF version of the schematics by clicking here.   […]

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Tri-level O gauge track plan

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Layout designer: Ray Stuber Scale: O Layout size: 6 x 10 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the March 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Benchwork Track plan Lower level schematics Lower level parts list Main level schematics […]

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Two trains, one main line, no crashes

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Layout designer: Don Miller Scale: O Layout size: 8 x 15 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the May 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Two trains, one main line, no crashes track plan Two trains, one main line components […]

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Standard station drawings

Standard Station

The early 1900s were a period of great expansion and modernization on the Prince Edward Island Ry. (PEIR). Existing stations were replaced or expanded, new locomotives and cars were acquired, and a number of branch lines were built. Three of these branch lines shared a very attractive standard station design. These stations were built at […]

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