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Track plan at a glanceName: South Central Minnesota RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-6″ x 22′-6″ = 168.75 sq. ft.Prototype: Chicago & North Western and Milwaukee RoadPeriod: late 1950s to the mid-1980sStyle: along the wallsMainline run: approximately 60 feet per railroad (Milwaukee Road and C&NW)Minimum turnout: no. 4Originally appeared in the November 2005 issue of Model Railroader. […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Swartz Creek No. 1 Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the July 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: River Bend & Eastern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 19 x 36 feet Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RRs Period: 1965 Style: around the walls Mainline run: NYC 110 feet, PRR 136 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the August […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wisconsin Central Scale: N (1:160) Size: 11 x 13 feet Minimum radius: 14″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
The railway at a glance Name: D & R Railroad Size of Railroad: 60′ x 150′ Scale: 1:20.3 Gauge: 45mm (Nº 1) Era: 1900s-1940s Theme: Chama branch of the D&RGW Railroad Age: 4 years Motive power: Battery-powered locomotives Length of mainline: 1,000′ Maximum Gradient: 3% Type of track: Aristo-Craft brass, code-332 flex track; Parker Company […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Stove Pipe WellsScale: N (1:160) narrow gauge (Nn3)Size: 4′-1″ x 9′-0″Theme: mining short lineEra: 1870s to 1950s, depending upon rolling stock usedStyle: portableMainline run: 34′-6″Minimum radius: 10″Minimum turnout: no. 5Maximum grade: 5 percentOriginally appeared in the December 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on […]
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 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Bay Point & DiabloScale: On2.5 (1:48 proportion, 2.5-foot gauge)Size: 11 x 12 feetPrototype: Bay Point & Clayton RREra: Early 20th centuryStyle: around the wallsMainline run: 33.5 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 5(main line), no. 4 (yard)Maximum grade: 5 percentOriginally appeared in the May 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also […]
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 […]
