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Track plan at a glanceName: Mississippi, Alabama, & GulfScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 27 feetPrototype: freelancedEra: 1950sStyle: around-the-walls and peninsulaMainline run: 47 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main line, 18″ on spur tracksMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the April 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New Haven on Cape CodLayout designer: John PrykeScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 12 x 20 feetPrototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RREra: 1948Style: walkaroundMainline run: 56 feetMinimum radius: 32″ (passenger), 26″ (freight-only track)Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.5 percentOriginally appeared in the October 2006 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Oak Grove, Ill.Scale: HOSize: 5′-6″ x 16′-0″Minimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the June 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Onion Valley Mining & Lumber Co. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14′-0″ x 20′-0″ Theme: mining and lumber short line Era: 1935 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2006 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Era: early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radii: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnouts: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Maximum grade: none Originally appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pacific & Idaho Northern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 15′-0″ with 3′-6″ x 7′-0″ extension Theme: turn-of-the-past-century branch line Period: 1900 to 1908 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 105 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2005 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: The Webster Groves & Fenton RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16 x 27 feet with a 7 x 13-foot extension Prototype: free-lanced bridge line Period: 1970-1990 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 117′-5″ Minimum radius: 30″ on main, 28″ on sidings Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: UP’s Daneville and Donner River Subdivisions Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 11′-6″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific, with Burlington Northern Santa Fe trackage rights Period: present Mainline run: 59 feet (excluding staging) Minimum radius: 33″ Minimum turnout: No. 8 (main) and no. 6 (sidings and yards) Maximum grade: 2.6 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: West Virginia Northern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 16′-8″ x 20’8″ with 11′-0″ x 2′-0″ and 4′-0″ x 11’0″ off-layout staging Theme: freelance, based on the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Period: summer 1952 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 126 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main line) Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main line), […]
Bridges connect different areas. A train on the high line near Ophir passes above a standard-gauge train rolling into Rockwood. The upper train is a mix of scratchbuilt and LGB equipment. Christopher Zider From the outside, Barry Bogs’ house looks similar to most others in a subdivision northwest of Houston. But as soon as you […]
Track plan at a glance Name: New York Central Ypsilanti Branch Scale: O (1:48) Size: 26 x 28 feet Prototype: NYC branch line Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 144 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to […]
This amazing indoor large-scale railroad was featured in Garden Railways’ February 2007 issue. The following photos are a sneak peek of what you can see in the full article. William Zuback OverviewAlmost the entire 28′ length of Bay Street can be seen here. The high-speed electric line running atop the concrete viaduct is not operational. […]
