The 2007 iHobbyExpo is being held October 18-21, 2007, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. The following products listed below are just some of the new items announced today. Look for more iHobbyExpo show coverage next week. HO scale locomotivesElectro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes. Burlington Northern (American Revolution […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wildcat Central Scale: HO (1:87) Originally appeared in the January 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Pacific Bakersfield subdivisions Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 30½ feet Prototype: Southern Pacific’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains (Santa Fe has trackage rights) Theme: heavy freight and passenger mountain crossing Period: 1950s to present Style: around the walls and peninsula Minimum radius: 21″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Central Vermont Scale: N Originally appeared in the February 2000 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Donner Pass Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 3 x 8 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Period: 1940-1955 Style: twice around loop Mainline run: 33 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the September 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Pennsylvania RR Middle Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 2½ x 10 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Era: 1950s Style: double-track oval with staging tracks Mainline run: 45 feet Minimum radius: 12½” Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: zero Originally appeared in the January 2001 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Greenbrier Branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Scale: HO and HOn3 (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 24 feet Prototype: C&O, Greenbrier Logging Co. Period: 1930s to 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet standard gauge, 30 feet narrow gauge Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri Pacific RR’s Arkansas Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 11′-0″ x 12′-6″ Era: Early 1960s Style: walkaround on two levels with peninsula Mainline run: 180 feet Minimum radius: 18″ (15″ in small helix) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards and sidings) Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (in small […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Virginian & Ohio Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 33 x 51 feet Prototype: free-lanced Ohio to Virginia bridge route Period: 1975 Style: linear walkaround Minimum radius: 30″ on main Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, mostly no. 8 on new addition Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Colorado & Southern and Pitkin Tram Scale: ½n3½ and ½n2½ (1:24 proportion narrow gauge on No. 1 and 2½-foot gauge track) Size: 11 x 18 feet Prototype: C&S narrow gauge and Gilpin Tram Period: 1940 Style: modular, walk-in Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 8.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Arkansas & Missouri Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 16 feet Era: present Style: along-the-walls shelf Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 6 percent Originally appeared in the February 1999 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. See a PDF version of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Scale: N (1:160) Size: 20 x 22 feet Prototype: Raton Pass on the First District of the Santa Fe’s New Mexico Division Period: summer 1950 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 202 feet (120 feet visible; 92 feet hidden including helix) Minimum radius: 21″ […]
