Layout designer: E. A. Engebretson and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 8 x 16 feet Track type: Atlas O Minimum curve: O-72 Originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Walk-in, sit-down, standout plan Walk in, sit down, standout schematic plan Walk-in, sit-down, standout parts list […]
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Waterfront Terminal Railroad
Layout designer: E. A. Engebretson and Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 8 x 16 feet Track type: Atlas O Minimum curve: O-72 Originally appeared in the January 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Waterfront Terminal Railroad track plan Waterfront Terminal Railroad schematic Waterfront Terminal Railroad components […]
Wide curve track plan
Layout designer: John Long Scale: O Layout size: 8 x 16 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the March 2004 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Wide curve track plan Wide curve track plan components […]
The Wild West in a 5 x 9-foot space
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 9 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the October 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Red Rock Green River
Name: Red Rock Green River Layout designer: Bill Iwan Scale: On21⁄2 (1:48, 30″ gauge) Size: 10 x 20 feet Theme: Freelanced Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern Locale: New Mexico and Colorado Era: 1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 0.95 percent Originally […]
Soo Line
Track plan at a glance Name: Soo Line Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 14 x 34 feet Theme: Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line) granger railroad Era: 1954 Style: portable oval Minimum radius: 48″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 yards, no. 8 main line Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the April 1998 […]
Ashland & Southern
N ame: Ashland & Southern Layout designer: Terry Thompson, publisher Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: freelance Locale: north-central Ohio Era: 1950s to present day Mainline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: Atlas 18″ radius Snap Switch Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Click on the link to download the PDF of […]
Burlington Northern 34th Subdivision
Name: Burlington Northern 34th Subdivision Layout designer: Cody Grivno, associate editor Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Burlington Northern Locale: Northwestern Minnesota Era: 1988 Mainline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Engine terminal and car shops
Name: Engine terminal and car shops Layout designer: Kent Johnson, associate editor Scale: O (1:48) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: urban Era: 1950s Mainline run: none Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Iron Ridge & Mayville Ry.
Name: Iron Ridge & Mayville Ry. Layout designer: Neil Besougloff, editor Scale: N (1:160) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Milwaukee Road Locale: rural Wisconsin Era: 1950s Branchline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 111⁄4″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Rio Grande Southern
Name: Rio Grande Southern Layout designer: Dan Sylvester Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, narrow gauge) Size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: Rio Grande Southern RR Locale: western Colorado Era: 1930s Style: island Mainline run: 32 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: 18″ radius Maximum grade: 4 percent (main line), 8 percent (mine spur) Click on the link […]
Boston & Maine’s New Hampshire Division
Name: Boston & Maine’s New Hampshire Division Layout designer: Paul J. Dolkos Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 16 x 29 feet (in two rooms) Prototype: B&M (also Barre & Chelsea, Canadian Pacific, and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County) Locale: northern New Hampshire east of the Connecticut River Valley Period: November 1952 Layout style: walkaround point-to-point Minimum […]