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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision
Track plan at a glance Name: Chillicothe Sub Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 23 x 62 feet Prototype: Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Belt Railway of Chicago Period: present day Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radii: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2002 issue of […]
Brunswick & Tuscan RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Brunswick & Tuscan RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 34 x 37 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Period: mid-1950s Style: walkaround with point-to-point and continuous running Mainline run: 460 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 main; no. 4 yards Maximum grade: 1.4 percent Originally appeared in the December 2002 […]
Midwest Valley RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Midwest Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 9½ x 32½ feet Prototype: mainline railroading Era: modern (1950s to present by changing structures and details) Style: island, modular Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the 2001 issue of Great Model Railroads. See […]
Santa Fe all the way!
Track plan at a glanceName: Santa Fe all the way!Scale: HO (1:87)Room size: 20 x 42 feetPrototype: free-lanced Santa Fe division point in the MidwestPeriod: steam/diesel- 1940 to 1960Style: walk-inMainline run: 165 feetMinimum radius: visible areas 48″, hidden track 36″Minimum turnout: Atlas no. 6Maximum grade: 1.1 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2002 issue of Model […]
Snow Creek RR
Track plan at a glance Name: Snow Creek RR Scale: Gn3 (1:20 and 1:22.5) Size: 50 x 50 feet Prototype: narrow gauge tourist railroad Period: present day Style: outdoor model railroad Mainline run: 425 feet Minimum radius: 5 feet Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]
Union Pacific Sherman Hill
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Sherman Hill Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 22 x 34 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Period: spring 1954 Style: around-the-walls and peninsula Mainline run: 370 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 10 on main line, no. 6 in yards Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the March […]