Ed Lorence’s L&S Division of the B&O

Track plan at a glanceName: L&S DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 22 x 24 feetPrototype: Baltimore & Ohio RREra: 1954Style: walk-inMainline run: 735 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Greenbrier & Pocahontas Central

Track plan at a glanceName: Spring Creek Lumber Co. and Greenbrier & Pocahontas Central RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 23′-0″ x 25’0″Theme: Depression-era eastern logging operation and common carrier railroadPeriod: summer 1934Mainline run: 112 feetMinimum radius: 22″ main, 18″ sidingsMinimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 5 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the […]

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Ozark, Ouchita & Red River

Track plan at a glanceName: Ozark, Ouchita & Red RiverScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10 x 14 feetPrototype: free-lancedPeriod: 1940s-1950sStyle: walk-inMainline run: 39 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]

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Santa Fe, 1951

Track plan at a glanceName: Santa Fe, 1951Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 49 feetPrototype: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.Period: August 29, 1951Style: walkaroundMainline run: 150 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 8Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Sugar Spring Mining Co. RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Sugar Spring Mining Co. RR Scale: HO Size: 19′-6″ x 20′-6″ feet Prototype: freelanced, based on the Colorado & Southern and Rio Grande Southern Period: early 1900s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 132 feet (dual gauge), 80 feet (narrow gauge) Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4.5 […]

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The Emporia Subdivision

Track plan at a glance Name: Emporia Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 35 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Period: 1978 Style: multi-level walkaround Mainline run: 250 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to […]

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Virginian & Ohio

Track plan at a glance Name: Virginian & Ohio Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 43 x 54 feet Prototype: free-lanced, Ohio to Virginia Period: 1975 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 326 feet Minimum radii: main 36″, branch 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 main and yards, no. 6 industries and sidings Maximum grade: 1.77 percent Originally appeared […]

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Appalachian & Ohio RR

Track plan at a glanceName: Appalachian & Ohio RRScale: O (1:48)Size: 28′-6″ x 56′-0″Theme: Appalachian coal haulerEra: 1969Style: linear walkaroundMainline run: 230 feetMinimum radius: 60″Minimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 2.75 percentOriginally appeared in the May 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Burton on Trent

Track plan at a glanceName: Burton on TrentScale: OO (1:76 proportion on 1:87.1 HO gauge track)Size: 15 x 21 feetPrototype: London, Midland & ScottishEra: 1920s to 1960sStyle: multiple loops with walk-in aisle and duckunder operating pitMainline run: 126 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings)Maximum grade: 1 percentOriginally appeared in the April […]

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C&O’s Alleghany Subdivision

Track plan at a glanceName: Alleghany SubdivisionScale: HO (1:87)Size: 22 x 24 feetPrototype: Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.Period: summer 1947Style: walkaroundMainline run: 150 feetMinimum radius: 34″ main line, 28″ branch lineMinimum turnout: no. 6Maximum grade: 1.67 percentOriginally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link […]

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Cascade County Narrow Gauge

Track plan at a glance Name: Cascade County Narrow GaugeScale: On3 (1:48)Size: 26′-0″ x 31′-3″Prototype: Nevada County Narrow GaugeEra: mid-1920s to early 1930sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 175 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 3.3 percentOriginally appeared in the January 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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