Track plan at a glance Name: Schuylkill Iron Works Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 21 feet Theme: Freelanced heavy industry Era: Late 1920s Style: island Mainline run: 50 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Greenbrier Branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Scale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 24 feet Prototype: C&O, Greenbrier Logging Co. Period: 1930s to 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet standard gauge, 30 feet narrow gauge Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Colorado & Southern and Pitkin Tram Scale: ½n3½ and ½n2½ (1:24 proportion narrow gauge on No. 1 and 2½-foot gauge track) Size: 11 x 18 feet Prototype: C&S narrow gauge and Gilpin Tram Period: 1940 Style: modular, walk-in Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 8.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Buffalo Rock Scale: HOn3 Style: modular Originally appeared in the November 1999 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pandora & San Miguel RR Scale: Sn3 (1:64) Room size: 15 x 19 feet Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern Period: September 1938 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 30″; 28″ n peninsula Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Denver Rio Grande & Southern RR Scale: Sn3 Size: 11 x 14 feet Prototype: narrow gauge mountain railroading Period: 1930s through 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2001 issue of Great Model […]
Track plan at a glance Name: G-Whiz Layout Scale: Gn3 (1:22.5) Size: 12 x 25 feet Period: 1930s Style: portable sectional Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in the February 2003 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cray Valley RR Scale: HOn2.5 (1:87 proportion, 2.5 foot gauge) Size: 15 x 25 feet Prototype: free-lanced Period: 1940s Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: The Surf Line Scale: HO Size: 28′-6″ x 37′-6″ Minimum radius: 34″ (main line), 28″ (branch line) Minimum turnout: 6.5 Originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western and Colorado & Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14′-0″ x 23′-6″ Prototypes: D&RGW and C&S Era: 1935 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 75 feet Minimum radii: 28″ (standard gauge), 18″ (narrow gauge) Minimum turnouts: 1 percent (main line), 3 percent (narrow gauge), 7 percent (mining […]
