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Name: Port Trenton, Baltimore & Ohio Paquettin Division (2013, original version) Layout designer: Mike Tricker Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16′-6″ x 16′-6″ Prototype: Baltimore & Ohio Locale: Appalachian Mountains and New Jersey waterfront Style: partial mushroom Era: early to mid-1950s Mainline run: 78 feet (branchline run: 33 feet) Minimum radius: 30″ (main line), 15″ (waterfront […]
Name: Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Layout designer: Anthony Richter Scale: HO (1:87.1) and HOn3 Size: 10 x 13 feet Prototype: Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Locale: Black Hills of South Dakota Era: Turn of the 20th century Style: Walk-in Mainline run: 45 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Standard gauge, no. 6; narrow gauge, […]
Name: Santa Fe Ry., Emerald Springs Division Layout designer: Tom Noblitt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28-1⁄2 x 55 feet Prototype: Freelanced Locale: Southern Colorado Era: September 1956 Style: Walk-in Mainline run: 192 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main) Minimum turnout: Peco no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the May 2013 Model Railroader. Click […]
Name: The Gypsy Trolley Line Layout designer: John Kosma Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 2 x 34 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee and The Milwaukee Electric Ry. & Light Co. Locale: Milwaukee Era: 1939 to 1941 Style: freestanding, modular display Mainline run: 68 feet Minimum radius: 7″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: O Layout size: 11 x 11 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the May 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. A Lionel FasTrack modular O gauge railroad that travels A Lionel FasTrack modular O gauge railroad that travels schematic A Lionel FasTrack modular O gauge […]
In this article, which originally appeared in the September 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains, CTT’s Kent Johnson demonstrates how to adapt a track plan from one type of track to another. His example: the Reader’s Choice Railroad, adapted from Lionel O to Lionel FasTrack. Learn the steps for adapting your plan and find an […]
Name: Denver & Rio Grande, Western 4th Division and Rio Grande Southern Layout designer: Jim Hoffman Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, narrow gauge) Size: D&RGW 24 x 28 feet, RGS 18 x 26 feet Prototype: D&RGW, RGS Locale: New Mexico/Colorado Era: late 1930s to early 1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: […]
Name: Forest Park Southern Layout designer: Bill Doll Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 33′-0″ x 48′-4″ Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Chesapeake & Ohio Locale: Appalachian Mountains Era: 1950 to 1955 Style: walk in Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yard) Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in […]
Name: Lake Nipigon Northern RR Layout designer: Tom McRae Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 11 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Ontario, Canada, north of Lake Superior Era: flexible Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 16 feet, plus branch Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 24″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the April […]
Name: East Berkshire Branch Layout designer: John Callahan Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 21 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Boston & Maine and Rutland RR Locale: rural New England Era: early to mid-1950s Style: walk in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings) Maximum grade: […]
Name: Lehigh Valley RR Bronx Terminal Layout designer: Wayne N. Carlsen Scale: N (1:160) Size: 5 x 9 feet Prototype: Lehigh Valley RR Locale: South Bronx, New York City Era: early 1960s Style: island Mainline run: not applicable Minimum radius: 9-3/4″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the March 2013 Model Railroader. Click on […]
Name: Sugar Valley & Sweetwater RR Layout designer: Brian Glock Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 25′-0″ Theme: Southern bridge line Locale: east Tennessee-west North Carolina mountains Era: 1950s Style: walk-in with swing gates Mainline run: 130 feet Minimum radius: 271⁄2″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent (main), 8 percent (branch) Originally appeared […]
