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Track plan at a glanceName: L&S DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 22 x 24 feetPrototype: Baltimore & Ohio RREra: 1954Style: walk-inMainline run: 735 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Spring Creek Lumber Co. and Greenbrier & Pocahontas Central RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 23′-0″ x 25’0″Theme: Depression-era eastern logging operation and common carrier railroadPeriod: summer 1934Mainline run: 112 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main, 18″ sidingsMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 5 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Northern Timber Co.Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10 x 16 feetPrototype: free-lancePeriod: 1935 to 1940Style: around-the-walls and peninsulaMinimum radius: 26″Minimum turnot: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.5 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Roscoe, Snyder & PacificScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 13 feetPrototype: RS&PPeriod: 1930sStyle: sectionalMainline run: 33′-3″Minimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sierra, Carson & Truckee Ry.Scale: HO and HOn3Size: 10 x 16 feet with added 5 x 5-foot alcovePrototype: Sierra RR, Virginia & Truckee RREra: 1929Style: double-deck walkaroundMainline run: 176 feetMinimum radii: 18″ for HO, 15″ for HOn3Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grades: 2.2 percent on HO, 3.5 percent on HOn3Originally […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Burton on TrentScale: OO (1:76 proportion on 1:87.1 HO gauge track)Size: 15 x 21 feetPrototype: London, Midland & ScottishEra: 1920s to 1960sStyle: multiple loops with walk-in aisle and duckunder operating pitMainline run: 126 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings)Maximum grade: 1 percentOriginally appeared in the April […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade County Narrow GaugeScale: On3 (1:48)Size: 26′-0″ x 31′-3″Prototype: Nevada County Narrow GaugeEra: mid-1920s to early 1930sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 175 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 3.3 percentOriginally appeared in the January 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Crabbitt & Pitchahissee RRScale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1)Size: 26’0″ x 26’0″Period: 1920Style: walk-inMainline run: 124 feetMinimum turnout: no. 4Minimum radius: 24″Maximum grade: 7 percentOriginally appeared in the April 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Western Pacific RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 9′-0″ x 10′-6″Prototype: freelanced using Western Pacific lettering and heraldsEra: 1935Style: walk-inMainline run: 63 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 3.5 percentOriginally appeared in the November 2006 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Onion Valley Mining & Lumber Co. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14′-0″ x 20′-0″ Theme: mining and lumber short line Era: 1935 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2006 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Q: Ray, I have a Lionel no. 315 bridge with a red light on top. The light doesn’t work due to the light socket, which rests in a sort-of black square holder that’s corroded. I have checked several hobby parts sites but can’t seem to find the part number for a replacement part. Do you […]
For better or worse, the wheels of O and large scale trains seem to attract more grease and grime than those of HO and N scale pieces. Perhaps it’s the size of the trains, perhaps the shape of the wheels, or perhaps it’s carbon that gets deposited during operation, but either way they get filthy […]
