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Name: Long Island & Lake Erie RR Layout designer: Charlie Weinhofer Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 24 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR and Long Island RR Locale: New York Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards), no. 4 (spurs) Maximum grade: 2 percent […]
Name: New England & North Coast Layout designer: Sam Novello Scale: HO (1:87.1) Room size: 12 x 14 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: New England seacoast Era: 1955 to 1965 Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 22″ Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the July 2012 issue of Model […]
Name: The Oakville Sub Layout designer: Jim Reising Scale: N (1:160) Size: 26′-6″ x 52′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific and BNSF Ry. Locale: Ex-Southern Pacific line between Bakersfield and Tehachapi, Calif. Style: walk-in, partial multilevel Era: present day Mainline run: 222 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 7 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in […]
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 12 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link below to view PDF’s for Dogbone in a Bedroom. Track Plan Adding Another Level Schematics Parts List […]
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the May 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Name: Corkscrew Gulch RR Layout designer: Bob McLaughlin Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1 on 3-foot gauge tracks) Size: 4 x 18 feet Prototype: freelance Locale: Colorado and New Mexico Era: 1940s through ’50s Style: walk-around Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2012 issue […]
Name: Tennessee, Carolina & Coast Layout designer: Kent Roberts Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28 x 32 feet Prototype: Tennessee Central Locale: eastern Tennessee Era: 1968 to 1972 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 340 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the June 2012 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Name: Island Central RR Layout designer: Howard Dwyer Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 29 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Northeastern United States Era: 1940 to 1950 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 196 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Mainline turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Name: Norfolk & PortsmouthBelt Line Layout designer: Bob Sprague Scale: N (1:160) Size: 11′-3″ x 13′-10″ with 30″ x 14′-81⁄2″ shelf Prototype: NPBL Locale: southeastern Virginia (Hampton Roads) Era: present day Style: shelf with peninsula Branchline run: 30 feet plus 15 feet Minimum radius: 18″ (9″ on some industrial tracks) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum […]
Name: Chemung Northern RRLayout designer: Ben BrownScale: O (1:48)Size: 22 x 34 feetPrototype: freelancedLocale: southern New York stateEra: 1950s and 1970sStyle: walk-inMainline run: 112 feetMinimum radius: 32″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.25 percent (main), 6 percent (Truro branch) Originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the […]
Name: Denver, Front Range & WesternLayout designer: Doug TagsoldScale: HO (1: 87.1)Size: 25 x 40 feetPrototype: Union PacificLocale: Denver west into the Rocky MountainsStyle: double-deck linear walkaroundEra: 2005Mainline run: 450 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]
Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 35 feet Track type: GarGraves Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the March 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Big Time Fun track plan Big Time Fun schematic Big Time Fun parts list […]
