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Track plan at a glance Name: Lorigan Lumber Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Theme: free-lance narrow gauge logging railroad Period: late 1930s Style: walkaround shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Mohawk Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 33′-0″ Theme: freelance, based on the Central Vermont Ry. Period: late 1950s to early 1960s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 64 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New York Central Valley Division Scale: S (1:64) Size: 20 x 30 feet Prototype: New York Central Era: 1948 to 1952 Style: around the walls with operating aisles Mainline run: 305 feet Minimum radius: main line 48″ (hidden), 54″ (visible), 24″ industrial Minimum turnout: main line, no. 6, industrial […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division Scale: N scale (1:160) Size: 18 x 32 feet Prototype: free-lanced but based on the NS line from Bluefield, Va. to Williamson, W.Va. Period: modern day Style: around the wall Mainline run: 122 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Shamokin Valley Lines Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 48 x 60 feet Prototypes: the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley RRs Period: 1950s Style: island with internal aisles Minimum radius: 48″ on main lines, 30″ on branch lines Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the Febraury 1999 issue of Model […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Utah Colorado Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 28 x 33 feet Prototype: free-lance Period: 1967 Style: peninsula walkaround Minimum radii: 30″ on main line, 26″ on branch line Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the May 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Click this link to download a PDF […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wyoming Division of the Union Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 26 x 45½ feet Prototype: Union Pacific Era: 1938 to 1960 Style: around the walls with duckunder Minimum radii: main line 48″, branch line 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: main line 1.8 percent, branch line 3.8 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Central New England Ry. with subsidiaries: Paulsbo Transportation Co. and its narrow gauge subsidiary the Davidsons RR, and the South Marchaul & Portsmouth Ry. Scale: S (1:64) Size: 21 x 34 feet Prototypes: New England Central; New York, New Haven & Hartford; and New York Central System Era: last […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore LinesScale: O (1:48)Size: 12 x 30 feetPrototype: PRSL Camden-Atlantic City main linePeriod: September 21, 1955Style: walk-in with spiral aisleMinimum radius: 54″ (main line)Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Cabin Creek Branch Scale: O (1:48) Size: 19 x 30 feet Theme: coal hauling branch line with logging and a sawmill Period: 1949 Style: walk-in, around-the-walls Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radii: 38″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 5 percent up to sawmill, main line […]
Track plan at a glance Name: City Edge Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 24 x 40 feet Theme: fictional urban railroad based on locations in Chicago and St. Louis Era: 1950 to present day Style: around the walls Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 38″ on the main line and 22″ in the warehouse district Minimum […]
