E&W Lines

Track plan at a glance Name: E&W Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20′-6″ x 27′-0″ Theme: free-lanced Pennsylvania RR branch line Period: 1950s Style: point-to-point around the walls with walk-in access Mainline run: 160 feet Minimum radius: main line 28″ Minimum turnout: main line no. 6, industries no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared […]

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Florida East Coast Ry. Key West Extension

Track plan at a glanceName: Florida East Coast Ry. Key West ExtensionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 16 x 24 feet with a 2 x 11-foot staging areaPrototype: Florida East CoastPeriod: January 31, 1930Style: walkaround, point-to-pointMainline run: 510 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the February 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]

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Fort Travis & Dayton

Track plan at a glance Name: Fort Travis & Dayton Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 9½ x 19 feet Theme: industrial switching Period: mid-’50s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 58 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.1 percent (¼” per foot) Originally appeared in the November 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]

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GTW Romeo Sub

Track plan at a glance Name: GTW Romeo Sub Scale: O Size: 11 x 15 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main), 24″ (staging) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF […]

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Housatonic RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Housatonic RR Scale: HO (1:87) Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Janesville, Wis., 1994

Track plan at a glance Name: Janesville, Wis., 1994 Scale: N (1:160) Size: 11 x 13 Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the October 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Kevin Shanahan’s Union Pacific

Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Scale: HO Size: 16 x 26 feet Prototype: UP main line Period: 1955-1965 Style: around the walls with duckunder entrance Mainline run: 220 feet Minimum radius: 38″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]

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Monon RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Monon Scale: N (1:160) Room size: 18 x 22 feet Prototype: Monon RR in southern Indiana Period: winter 1955 Style: shelf with peninsula Mainline run: 110 feet (3.3 scale miles) Minimum radius: 17″ Minimum turnout: handlaid no. 10 main line, no. 6 industrial Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (at Hunters) […]

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North Coast RR, Buckhorn Logging Co.

Track plan at a glance Name: North Coast RR, Buckhorn Logging Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Size: 11′-6″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: North Pacific Coast RR Period: 1904 Style: walk-in shelf with peninsula Mainline run: 131 feet Minimum radius: 22″ (18″ logging) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (no. 4 on logging line) Maximum grade: 3.5 percent (8.5 percent […]

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San Lorenzo Southern

Track plan at a glance Name: San Lorenzo Southern Scale: HOn3 Size: 13 x 22 feet Prototype: free-lanced narrow gauge Period: 1930-1945 Style: around the walls, walk-in Minimum radius: 24″ main line, 18″ on branch line Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent main line, 3 percent on branch line Originally appeared in the […]

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Soldier Summit

Track plan at a glance Name: Soldier Summit Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 15 feet Theme: Denver & Rio Grande Western Period: 1988 Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum radius: 14″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Maximum grade separation: 11″ Originally appeared in the November 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]

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