The Orla Mine Division of the Seath Valley Railroad

1. With a track height of 60″ there is ample room below the layout for storage and the all important work benches, located here below the mines at Orla. Mike Garforth 3. The front of the layout at the Orla Mine area. The open-fronted boiler house offers one of several “viewing windows” into the layout. […]

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Video: Kato N scale Broadway Limited

Model Railroader Associate Editor Dana Kawala runs the Kato N scale Broadway Limited around Managing Editor David Popp’s Naugatuck layout. The Kato GG1 easily pulled the entire 15-car train. Want to see more product videos? Subscribe to Model Railroader today! […]

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Whasup Dock Co.

Name: Whasup Dock Co. Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 4′-3″ x 6′-8″ Theme: freelanced Locale: Northeast Era: Summer 1956 Style: Shelf Mainline run: 8 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the March 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track […]

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White River Division

Name: White River Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 13′-6″ Prototype: Boston & Maine and Central Vermont Theme: New England main line Locale: White River Junction, Vt. Era: fall 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 34 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the March 2009 […]

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The Miller Creek & Moss Rock Garden Railway

Miller Creek & Moss Rock Railway

The MC&MRRy. at a glance Name: Miller Creek & Moss Rock Railway Size of railroad: 30′ x 40′, approximately Scale: 1:24 Gauge: 45mm (no. 1) Era: Pre-WWII Theme: Freelance Colorado narrow-gauge branch line Age: 6 years Motive power: NiMH-battery-operated Delton Consolidation Length of mainline: 130′, (approximately) Maximum gradient: 3.5% Type of track: Micro Engineering, code […]

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Puffer Bridge Lines

Name: Puffer Bridge Lines Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 25 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: freelanced United States Era: contemporary Style: walk around Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (yards) Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the February 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF […]

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