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Track plan at a glanceName: Atlantic Coast & EasternScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 21′-0″ x 26′-6″Era: late 1950s to early 1960sStyle: walkaround on two levelsMainline run: 285 feetMinimum radius: 22″Minimum turnout: no. 4 (yards) no. 6 (main lines)Maximum grade: 3 percentOriginally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great Model Railroads.Click on the link to download a PDF […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bluff City Southern Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 30 x 44 feet Prototype: free-lanced interchange terminal connecting five railroads Period: 1950 Mainline run: (Greenville to Forrest City) 110 feet Minimum radius: 34″ Minimum turnout: main line, no. 8; yard and industry tracks, no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.25 percent Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chillicothe Sub Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 23 x 62 feet Prototype: Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Belt Railway of Chicago Period: present day Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radii: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the February 2002 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Boston & Maine Scale: O (1:48) Size: 17 x 28 feet Period: early 1950s or mid-1960s Style: single-level walkaround Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 2006 issue of Great Model Railroads. See a PDF version of this track plan by […]
Track plan at a glance Scale: HO Size: 2 x 11 feet Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the October 2002 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Brunswick & Tuscan RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 34 x 37 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Period: mid-1950s Style: walkaround with point-to-point and continuous running Mainline run: 460 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 main; no. 4 yards Maximum grade: 1.4 percent Originally appeared in the December 2002 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: California Scenic RR Scale: O (1:48) Size: 17 x 24 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Period: 1940s to 1960s Minimum radius: 68″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. See a PDF version of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Central Ontario Ry. Scale: O (1:48) Size: 40 x 110 feet Theme: free-lanced Ontario railroad, with Canadian National and Canadian Pacific connections Era: 1958-1961 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 1,200 feet Minimum radii: 60″ mainline, 36″ industrial Minimum turnout: no. 8 on main line, no. 6 in yards Maximum grade: […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Clark Fork, John Flann RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13 x 15 feet with a five-track staging yard, eight feet long, in an adjacent room Theme: short line interchanging with the Burlington Northern Period: 1980s Style: L-shaped shelf Minimum radius: wide transitions, but no specific radius Minimum turnout: Peco […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Coal Belt Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 8 x 20 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on anthracite region railroads Era: 1910-1920 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 92 feet Minimum radius: 24″ with easements Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Midwest Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 9½ x 32½ feet Prototype: mainline railroading Era: modern (1950s to present by changing structures and details) Style: island, modular Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the 2001 issue of Great Model Railroads. See […]
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 […]
