PRR Eno Valley Division

Track plan at a glanceName: Pennsylvania RR Eno Valley DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24′-0″ x 32′-6″Prototype: PRR Middle DivisionPeriod: late 1950sStyle: walkaroundMainline run: 415 feetMinimum radius: 36″ (main), 28″ (industries)Minimum turnout: Peco large-radiusMaximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Reading RR Shamokin Division

Track plan at a glanceName: Reading Co. Shamokin DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″Era: 1952-57Style: linear walkaroundMainline run: 280 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 2.6 percentOriginally appeared in the March 2006 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division

Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 19 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Era: early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radii: 33″ main line, 28″ sidings, 24″ industrial spurs Minimum turnouts: no. 6 main line, no. 5 sidings Maximum grade: none Originally appeared […]

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The Pacific & Idaho Northern RR

Track plan at a glance Name: Pacific & Idaho Northern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 15′-0″ with 3′-6″ x 7′-0″ extension Theme: turn-of-the-past-century branch line Period: 1900 to 1908 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 105 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2005 issue of […]

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Turtle Creek Branch

Track plan at a glance Name: Turtle Creek Branch Scale: HO Size: 2 x 6 feet Originally appeared in the January 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]

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UP’s Daneville and Donner River Subdivisions

Track plan at a glance Name: UP’s Daneville and Donner River Subdivisions Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 11′-6″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific, with Burlington Northern Santa Fe trackage rights Period: present Mainline run: 59 feet (excluding staging) Minimum radius: 33″ Minimum turnout: No. 8 (main) and no. 6 (sidings and yards) Maximum grade: 2.6 percent […]

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New York Central Ypsilanti Branch

Track plan at a glance Name: New York Central Ypsilanti Branch Scale: O (1:48) Size: 26 x 28 feet Prototype: NYC branch line Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 144 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2007 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to […]

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