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Name: Fiddletown & Great Divide RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-2″ x 23′-10″ Theme: turn-of-the 20th century short line Locale: California high desert Era: 1900 Style: walkaround Mainline run: narrow gauge, 53 feet; standard gauge, 28 feet Minimum radius: narrow gauge 18″, standard gauge 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared […]
Name: The Salt Lake Route Scale: N (1:160) Size: 4 x 9 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Meadow Valley Wash in southern Nevada Era: present day Style: island Mainline run: 15 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the January 2010 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the […]
Name: Cascade Pacific Scale: O (1:48) Size: 15′-6″ x 44′-6″ Prototype: freelance Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: late 1960s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 96 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Maximum turnout: no. 5 yard, no. 6 main Maximum grade: 1 percent Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. […]
Name: Santa Fe & Pacific Scale: N (1:160) Size: 16 x 27 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific Locale: Cajon Pass (San Bernardino to the Lower Narrows of the Mojave River) Era: 1985 to 1995 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 110 feet (excludes run-through staging) Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: […]
Name: Boston & Maine RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 18 feet Prototype: freelanced B&M Locale: New Hampshire seacoast to the mountains Era: September 1954 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 115 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Name: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Scale: S (1:64) Size: 25 x 44 feet Prototype: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Locale: West Virginia Period: 1957 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (visible track), 24″ (hidden track) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 11/2 percent (BC&G), 2 percent (ERC&L) Originally appeared in the December […]
This multi-level layout plan, contributed Lou Melick, first appeared in the December 2007 issue of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS. A previously published CTT track plan inspired this affordable and fun holiday layout. […]
Name: Bristol Ferry Terminal RR Scale: N (1:160) Size: 1′-6″ x 8′-0″ Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR and Boston & Maine RR Locale: New England Era: Early 1950s Style: Island Mainline run: 8 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 6½ percent Originally appeared in the November 2009 issue […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR, Willsburgh Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 17′-4″ Prototype: PRR Locale: Freelanced from central Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Md. Era: 1947-1952 Style: Double-track loop main line with stub-end terminal Mainline run: 118 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of […]
Name: Tuxedo Junction Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 37 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Locale: Southwestern U.S. Era: 1952 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 235 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF […]
Name: Frisco Lines Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 35 feet Prototype: St. Louis-San Francisco Locale: Missouri and Oklahoma Era: early 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 24″ (sidings and yard) Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 4 (sidings and yards) Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the October […]
Name: Great Northwestern Ry. Warm Springs District Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 2′-6″ x 20′-0″ long with a 2′-0″ x 8′-0″ staging yard Theme: Regional feeder line Locale: Colorado Era: 1976-1980 Style: L-shaped shelf layout Mainline run: 28 feet Minimum radii: 30″ (main line), 24″ (yards and branches) Minimum turnouts: no. 6 (main line), no. 4 […]
