The Readers’ Choice Railroad adds street trackage and urban switching with this 3 x 8-foot extension to our O gauge layout […]
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The Readers’ Choice RR urban extension
The Readers’ Choice Railroad adds street trackage and urban switching with this 3 x 8-foot extension to our O gauge layout […]
Postwar-style O gauge plan No. 1
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 8 feet, 2 x 5-foot extension Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Parts list […]
Postwar-style O gauge No. 2
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 10 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Postwar-style O gauge plan No. 3
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 10 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Postwar-style O gauge plan No. 4
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 10 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Postwar-style O gauge plan No. 5
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Retro Railroad you can build – original
Layout designer: John Grams and Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O-27 Minimum curve: O-27 Originally appeared in the September 2009 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Creative track plan leaves room for a tree
Modified figure-eight layout Modified Lionel plan sectional components Traditional figure-eight layout Traditional plan Lionel sectional components Layout designer: Chris Ritchie Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 6 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the any of the images to enlarge […]
Build a lightweight O gauge layout
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: MTH RealTrax Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared as an S gauge track plan in the January 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. The plan was redrawn incorporating MTH RealTrax track components. Be sure to account for the changes in height required […]
CTT Readers’ Choice RR
Layout designer: Kent Johnson and Bob Keller Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the February, March, May, and July 2011 issues of Classic Toy Trains. Readers’ Choice Railroad Track Plan Template Readers’ Choice Railroad Schematics Readers’ Choice Parts List […]
A small, simple, and amazingly sensible plan
Layout designer: Kent Johnson, for the May 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: Lionel tubular track Minimum curve: O-31 See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. See a PDF version of the schematics by clicking here. […]