Inyo & White Mountain RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Inyo & White Mountain RRScale: HO and HOn3 (1:87)Size: 9 x 12 feetTheme: fictitious short lineEra: early ’50sMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 1998 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Kay Gee Canyon Line

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 […]

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Lilliput Logger

Track plan at a glance Name: Lilliput Logger Scale: HO Originally appeared in the August 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Lorigan Lumber Co.

Track plan at a glance Name: Lorigan Lumber Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Theme: free-lance narrow gauge logging railroad Period: late 1930s Style: walkaround shelf Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the July 1998 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this […]

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Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-6″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1963 Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 55 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 for crossovers and sidings, no. 6 for spurs Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the 2006 […]

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Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern

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 […]

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Mohawk Valley RR

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 […]

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Montandon Branch

Track plan at a glance Name: Montandon Branch Scale: N Size: 2 x 4 feet Minimum radius: 9¾’ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the 2002 issue of Great Model Railroads. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Montandon Branch […]

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Much Bynding on the Marsh

Track plan at a glance Name: Much Bynding on the Marsh Scale: British OO (1:76) Size: 14 x 22 feet Prototype: British Rys. Era: 1950s Style: modular walkaround display Mainline run: approximately 50 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the 2003 issue of Great Model Railroads. […]

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New York Central’s Valley Division

Track plan at a glance Name: New York Central Valley Division Scale: S (1:64) Size: 20 x 30 feet Prototype: New York Central Era: 1948 to 1952 Style: around the walls with operating aisles Mainline run: 305 feet Minimum radius: main line 48″ (hidden), 54″ (visible), 24″ industrial Minimum turnout: main line, no. 6, industrial […]

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New York, Ontario & Western Ry.

Track plan at a glance Name: New York, Ontario & Western (“O&W”) Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 15 feet Prototype: Southern Division of the O&W Period: summer 1953 Style: linear multideck Mainline run: 80 feet visible (212 feet including helix and staging) Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally […]

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Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division Scale: N scale (1:160) Size: 18 x 32 feet Prototype: free-lanced but based on the NS line from Bluefield, Va. to Williamson, W.Va. Period: modern day Style: around the wall Mainline run: 122 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the […]

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