Buffalo Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Buffalo Valley RR Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Size: 28 x 38 feet Prototype: free-lanced mountain railroad Period: 1930-1950 Style: around-the-wall shelf Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]

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Cliff Coutinho’s Old Colony & South Shore

Track plan at a glance Name: Old Colony & South Shore RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24′-6″ x 33′-6″ with an 8′-0″ x 16′-6″ staging area Prototype: Boston & Maine Period: 1920 to 1940 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the […]

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Coon Creek Lumber Co.

Track plan at a glance Name: Coon Creek Lumber Co. Scale: O (1:48) narrow gauge Size: 21 x 25 feet Prototype: various logging railroads Period: 1925 Style: liner walkaround Mainline run: 265 feet Minimum radius: narrow gauge 36″, standard gauge 65″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 8 percent Originally appeared in the March 2003 […]

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Crystal River District

Track plan at a glance Name: Crystal River District Scale: HO (1:87.1) Originally appeared in the July 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this trackplan […]

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Cunningham’s Gap in N

Track plan at a glanceName: Cunningham’s Gap in NScale: NPlan using two 36″ x 80″ interior hollow-core doors12″ gridOriginally appeared in the March 2003 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Durlin Branch

Track plan at a glance Name: Durlin Branch Scale: On3 (1:48, three-foot narrow gauge) Size: 18′-6″ x 27′-6″ Prototype: free-lanced D&RGW branch line Period: 1930s rolling stock, 1980s scenery, and 1920s operating pattern Style: walkaround, partial double deck Mainline run: 166 feet Minimum radii: 40″ main line and sidings, 36″ on two spurs Minimum turnout: […]

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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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Lake Tahoe & Truckee RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Lake Tahoe & Truckee Scale: Gn3 (1:22.5) Size: 30 x 100 feet Prototype: Lake Tahoe Ry. & Navigation Co. Period: 1939 Mainline run: 350 feet Minimum radius: 5 feet Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]

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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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Tuolumne Forks Lumber Co. RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Tuolumne Forks Lumber Co. RR Scale: O (1:48) Size: 19 x 21 feet Prototype: free-lance Period: 1942 Style: walk-in island Mainline run: 119 feet (1.1 scale miles) Minimum radius: 34″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the July 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click […]

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Western Pacific Third Subdivision

Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Third Subdivision between Oroville and Portola, Calif. Period: spring 1938 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 130 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 in yards Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in […]

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Yosemite Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Yosemite Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Yosemite Valley RR Period: August 1939 Style: multideck along the walls with peninsula Mainline run: 112 feet Minimum radius: 22″ with spiral easements Minimum turnout: no. 5, all controlled with slow-action switch motors Maximum grade: 2.3 percent […]

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