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Track plan at a glance Name: Carrabasset & Dead River Ry. Scale: HOn2½ (1:87) Size: 28 x 28 feet Prototype: free-lanced, based on Maine two-foot gauge prototypes Period: 1941 Style: around-the-walls walkaround Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade Mountain RR Scale: Z (1:220) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: free-lanced, influenced by Great Northern and Western Pacific Period: 1950s Style: island Minimum radius: 6″ Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Central City & River Route RR Scale: HO (1:87) Prototype: New York Central RR Period: 1945-’55 Style: corner walk-in Mainline run: 30 feet Minimum radii: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Appalachian Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 13 x 20 feet Prototype: fall in Appalachia Era: late 1940s to early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 253 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.2 percent Originally appeared in the 2005 issue of Great […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Colorado’s Joint Line Scale: HO Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan Version 1 Version 2 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Conrail New Jersey Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 40 feet Theme: modern freight, passenger, commuter, and industrial railroading Period: 1980s to 1998 Style: point-to-point, multiple railroad routes Mainline run: 125 feet Minimum radius: 22″ on main lines, 18″ on branch lines and industrial trackage Minimum turnout: no. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: C.W. North Logging RR Scale: On3 (1:48, 3-foot narrow gauge) Size: 2 x 16 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania logging railroads Period: 1930s Style: sectional Mainline run: 16 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the 2004 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared in 102 Realistic […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Denver, Front Range & Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 25 x 40 feet Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western Period: mid- to late 1980s Style: double deck, around the walls Mainline run: 375 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Donner Pass Scale: N Originally appeared in the April 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan Version 1 Version 2 […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Forks Creek & Central RRScale: HO standard gaugeSize: 11 x 15 feetPrototype: Colorado & SouthernPeriod: autumn 1905Style: walk-in along two wallsMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: Peco no. 4 and no. 6, with Switchmaster machinesMaximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Hessel & Lone Pine RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 13½ x 24 feet Prototype: free-lanced short line Period: 1930s Style: walkaround Minimum radii: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 1998 issue of Great Model Railroads. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific in Los Angeles Period: early 1950s Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Originally appeared in the March 1999 […]
