Franklin & South Manchester

Track plan at a glance Name: Franklin & South Manchester Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 23 x 35 feet Prototype: free-lance, based on Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine, and New York, New Haven & Hartford Period: 1935 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 280 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally […]

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Central New England RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Central New England Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 35 feet Prototype: Erie Lackawanna; New York, New Haven & Hartford; Boston & Maine; and Maine Central railroads Period: 1954 to 1966 Style: walk-in Mainline run: upper level 300 feet, lower line 160 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. […]

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Deep Run RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Deep Run RR Scale: On2 1/2 Size: 17′-3″ x 42′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Era: mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 77 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]

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Midland Continental, circa 1964

Track plan at a glance Name: Midland Continental Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14′-9″ x 31′-3″ Theme: prairie railroading Year: 1964 Mainline run: 81 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version […]

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Allegheny Central

Track plan at a glance Name: Allegheny Central Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 24 feet Theme: freelanced freight line Era: late 1970s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 102 feet Minimum radius: 26″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the September 2007 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]

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Hevonkuusi Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: Hevonkuusi Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-2″ x 13′-9″ Period: summer 1955 Prototype: Valtion Rautatiet (Finnish State Rys.) Style: walk-in Mainline run: 98 feet Minimum radius: 23″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click […]

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Louisville & Nashville

Track plan at a glanceName: Louisville & NashvilleScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 25 x 48 feetPrototype: Louisville & Nashville RREra: 1938 to 1958Style: walk-inMainline run: 212 feetMinimum radius: 28″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2007 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Norfolk & Western Washington Extension

Track plan at a glance Name: Norfolk & Western Washington Extension Scale: N (1:160) Size: 12 x 12 feet Prototype: freelanced extension of the N&W main line Period: early 1950s Style: multilevel walk-in using three decks Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the March 2006 issue of […]

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Sunset Valley Oregon System

Track plan at a glance Name: Sunset Valley Oregon System Scale: HO (1:87.1 proportion) Size: 55 x 66 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific plus SP&S, UP, NP, GN, NP Terminal, LP&N, Fruit Growers Supply, Coos Bay Lumber Co., Hanna Nickel Mine, and freelanced SV Period: 1955 Style: four-level linear walkaround Mainline run: 500 feet Portland-Dunsmuir, 185 […]

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Western Pacific, First Subdivision

Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific, First Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 19 x 19 feet Prototype: Western Pacific Period: 1966 Style: walk-in, around-the-walls Mainline run: 125 feet (2 scale miles) Minimum radius: 26″ on main line Minimum turnout: no. 4, no. 6 on main Maximum grade: 3 percent Click here to download […]

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Bluff City Southern

Track plan at a glance Name: Bluff City Southern Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 30 x 44 feet Prototype: free-lanced interchange terminal connecting five railroads Period: 1950 Mainline run: (Greenville to Forrest City) 110 feet Minimum radius: 34″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 8; yard and industry tracks, no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.25 percent Originally appeared […]

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