Algoma River RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Algoma River RR Scale: On3 (1:48 proportion, three-foot narrow gauge) Size: 19½ x 22½ feet plus extension into workshop Prototype: free-lance Period: late 1920s, early 1930s Style: walk-in, walkaround Mainline run: 108 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (30″ on branch) Minimum turnout: approximately no. 4, handlaid to fit Maximum grade: […]

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Camas Prairie Railroad

Track plan at a glance Name: Camas Prarie Railroad Minimum radius: 15″ on visible track, 12″ on hidden track Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the February 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Central City & River Route RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Central City & River Route RR Scale: HO (1:87) Prototype: New York Central RR Period: 1945-’55 Style: corner walk-in Mainline run: 30 feet Minimum radii: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download […]

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Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: fall in Appalachia Era: late 1940s to early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 253 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.2 percent Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great […]

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Conrail New Jersey Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Conrail New Jersey Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 40 feet Theme: modern freight, passenger, commuter, and industrial railroading Period: 1980s to 1998 Style: point-to-point, multiple railroad routes Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 22″ on main lines, 18″ on branch lines and industrial trackage Minimum turnout: no. […]

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Donner Pass

Track plan at a glance Name: Donner Pass Scale: N Originally appeared in the April 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan Version 1 Version 2 […]

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Forks Creek & Central RR

Track plan at a glanceName: Forks Creek & Central RRScale: HO standard gaugeSize: 11 x 15 feetPrototype: Colorado & SouthernPeriod: autumn 1905Style: walk-in along two wallsMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: Peco no. 4 and no. 6, with Switchmaster machinesMaximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download […]

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Hessel & Lone Pine RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Hessel & Lone Pine RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13½ x 24 feet Prototype: free-lanced short line Period: 1930s Style: walkaround Minimum radii: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific in Los Angeles Period: early 1950s Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Originally appeared in the March 1999 […]

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Inyo & White Mountain RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Inyo & White Mountain RRScale: HO and HOn3 (1:87)Size: 9 x 12 feetTheme: fictitious short lineEra: early ’50sMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Kay Gee Canyon Line

Track plan at a glance Name: Kay Gee Canyon Line Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 14 x 25 feet Theme: fictional short line feeding the Pennsylvania RR Era: 1935 Style: walk-in Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link […]

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Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern

Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 29 feet Prototype: MKT and KCS Era: late 1960s Style: continuous run with reverse loops and staging Mainline run: 140 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2¼ percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue […]

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