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Name: Milwaukee Road’s Beer Line Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 12 feet Prototype: Milwaukee Road’s Chestnut Street Line Locale: Milwaukee, Wis. Era: 1947 Style: sectional Mainline run: 24 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of […]
Name: Virginian & Ohio Scale: HO (1:87) Layout size: 43 x 54 feet Prototype: free-lanced, Ohio to Virginia Locale: Virginia and West Virginia Period: 1975 Style: linear walkaround Layout height: 45″ to 63″ Benchwork: open grid Maximum grade: 1.77 percent Originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a […]
Name: Union Pacific Rochelle Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 14 x 28 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Northern Illinois Era: present day Style: walkaround Mainline run: 165 feet Minimum radius: 20″ (main), 13″ (staging) Minimum turnout: handlaid, no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]
Name: Housatonic Valley Ry. Scale: N (1:160) Size: 8 x 9 feet Prototype: freelances Period: 1930s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 43 feet Minimum radius: 9.5″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Name: Indiana & Aurora RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6 x 7 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: Northern Inidana Era: 1970s Style: doughnut Minimum run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by […]
Name: Oklahoma & Western RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6 x 12 Prototype: freelanced Locale: Western Oklahoma Era: 1950s Style: tabletop with shelf Minimum run: 29 feet Minimum radius: 19″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 21′-6: x 30’0:” Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey Era: 1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 25″ Minimum turnout: no.6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track […]
Name: Chicago & North western Des Moines Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24′-0″ x 38′-0″ Prototype: C&NW Period: 1955 Style: walk-in Minimum radii: 28″ main line Minimum turnout: no. 6 main line, no 4 spurs Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the July 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this […]
Name: Western Maryland Thomas Subdivision Scale: N (1:160) Size: 12 x 12 feet Theme: Appalachian coal-hauler Period: 1950s to 1960s Minimum radius: 11″ Minimum turnout: Peco medium Maximum grade: None. Originally appeared in the July 2008 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click here to download a PDF of this […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Montreal Harbour Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 11 feet Prototype: Port of Montreal Era: 1912-1914 Mainline run: 34 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnouts: Peco small Originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track plan by clicking here. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Santa Fe Scale: HO (1.87.1) Size: 24 x 49 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Union Pacific Era: 1951 Style: walk-in and around-the-walls Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Model […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Soo Line Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 10′-6″ x 18′-0″ Prototype: Soo Line Era: summer 1947 Style: shelf Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Model Railroader. See a PDF version of this track […]
