Track plan at a glance Name: Kay Gee Canyon Line Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 14 x 25 feet Theme: fictional short line feeding the Pennsylvania RR Era: 1935 Style: walk-in Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 29 feet Prototype: MKT and KCS Era: late 1960s Style: continuous run with reverse loops and staging Mainline run: 140 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2¼ percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue […]
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: Onyx Division of the Burlington Northern Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 28 feet Period: western Washington/Puget Sound region Prototype: Burlington Northern and the Union Pacific with trackage rights for the fictional Aberdeen, Tacoma & Spanaway Forest RR Style: island with internal peninsula and walk-in center operating pit Mainline […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Penn Central’s Mon Division Scale: O (1:48) Size: 20 x 23 feet Prototype: Penn Central Period: summer 1970 Style: loop with operating pits Mainline run: 75 feet Minimum radius: 56″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Tehachapi Pass Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 15 x 16 feet Prototype: Union Pacific (former Southern Pacific); Burlington Northern Santa Fe (former Santa Fe) has trackage rights Period: present Style: around the walls, walk-in Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 on main, no. 6 in yard Maximum grade: 2.5 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 28 feet Theme: UP freight operations in Midwest Period: present Style: point to point with through staging Mainline run: 165 feet Minimum radius: 20″ (13″ in staging) Minimum turnout: handlaid no. 6 and larger Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Waynesburg & Washington RR Scale: HO (1:87 standard gauge) Size: 17 x 18 feet Theme: Pennsylvania RR Period: summer 1957 Style: point to point with connection for continuous run Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: handlaid no. 6 with no. 4 in some yards Maximum grade: 2½ percent Originally appeared […]
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: Bedroom layout Scale: HO (1:87) Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 and no. 6 Originally appeared in the October 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Benedict & Wexford Scale: HO Size: 10 x 10 Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the December 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
