Name: Haysi RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 11 feet Prototype: Haysi RR (Clinchfield RR) Era: 1976 to 1980 Style: Walk-in Mainline run: 47 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the July 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan […]
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Montana Northland
Name: Montana Northland Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20 X 26 feet, plus adjacent staging Prototype: freelance Locale: Western Montana/Central Idaho Era: late 1970s Style: three-level mushroom Mainline run: 495 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the August 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version […]
Central River Subdivision
Name: Central River Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Room size: 12 x 14 feet Theme: your choice Period: your choice Mainline run: 33 feet Minimum radius: 17″ main line, 13″ staging Minimum turnout: no. 8 main line, no. 6 staging Maximum grade: 1.38 percent Originally appeared in the November 2006 issue of Model Railroader and 102 […]
Soo Line Stevens Point Division and Manitowoc Branch
Name: Soo Line Stevens Point Division and Manitowoc Branch Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 33 x 42 feet Prototype: Soo Line Locale: central Wisconsin Era: 1954 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 170 feet Minimum radius: 28″ main, 22″ branch Minimum turnout: no. 6 main, no. 5 branch Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the July […]
South Shasta Lines
Name: South Shasta Lines Scale: O (1:48) Size: 42 x 60 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Locale: Gerber to Dunsmuir, Calif. Era: 1940s to 1950s Style: Walk-in Mainline run: 450 feet Minimum radius: 72″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the July 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version […]
The White Mountain Division
Name: The White Mountain Division Scale: N (1:160) Size: 12′-6″ x 16′-0″ Prototype: Maine Central Locale: Northern New Hampshire and northern Vermont Era: early fall 1949 to early fall 1960 Style: two-level, walk-in Mainline run: 69 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 6, except where indicated Maximum grade: 2.3 percent See the PDF versions […]
Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern
Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern Scale: On3 (1:48 proportion, three-foot gauge) Size: 34 x 60 feet Prototype: D&RGW and RGS Locale: Southern Colo. and northern New Mexico Era: First half of 1900s Style: Walk in with duckunders Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radius: 72″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 See a […]
New England & Pacific
Name: New England & Pacific Scale: N (1:160) Size: 17 x 26 feet Prototype: Maine Central RR Mountain Division (freelanced equipment) Locale: Portland, Maine, to St. Johnsbury, Vt. Era: steam-to-diesel transition to current era Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the June 2009 […]
Oakland, Antioch, & Eastern Ry.
Name: Oakland, Antioch, & Eastern Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Room size: 10′-6″ x 19′-0″ Prototype: Sacramento Northern Ry. Locale: San Francisco Bay area, California Era: Late 1940s to early 1960s Style: shelf with central peninsula Mainline run: 108 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Maximum grade: 4 percent Originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of Model […]
Naugatuck Valley RR (Waterbury Industrial District)
Name: Naugatuck Valley RR Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9’9″ x 10’0″ Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Period: fall 1959 Style: walkaround Mainline run: Waterbury/south 41 feet, Waterbury/north 11 feet Minimum turnout: no. 5 Minimum radius: 11″ Originally appeared in the October 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this […]
New York, Kittatinny & Western
Name: New York, Kittatinny & Western Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18′-0″ x 23′-0″ Prototype: freelanced based on the Lehigh & Hudson River; Lehigh & New England; New York, Ontario & Western; and others Locale: northwestern New Jersey Era: summer 1963 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 175 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnouts: no. 7 main line, […]
Abingdon Branch
Name: Abingdon Branch Scale: HO Size: 2 x 8 feet Prototype: Norfolk & Western Ry. Locale: Western Virginia Era: 1950s to early ’60s Style: shelf Mainline run: 8 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (no. 3 wye) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the May 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]