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Track plan at a glanceName: Pennsylvania Division of the Maryland & Pennsylvania RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 8′-8″ x 22′-0″Prototype: Ma & Pa RRPeriod: 1946Style: walkaround shelfMainline run: 97 feetMinimum radius: 17.25″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 2 percentOriginally appeared in the December 2005 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans. Click on the […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Ninigret Cove BranchScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 15 x 11 feetPrototype: New York, New Haven & HartfordTheme: small-town freightPeriod: around 1960Style: L-shaped shelfMinimum radius: 38″ (scale 4″ superelevation)Minimum turnout: no. 6, no. 8 crossoversMaximum grade: 2 percent (on the lumber siding)Originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Northern Timber Co.Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10 x 16 feetPrototype: free-lancePeriod: 1935 to 1940Style: around-the-walls and peninsulaMinimum radius: 26″Minimum turnot: no. 4Maximum grade: 1.5 percentOriginally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Ozark, Ouchita & Red RiverScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10 x 14 feetPrototype: free-lancedPeriod: 1940s-1950sStyle: walk-inMainline run: 39 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: noneOriginally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Morton DivisionScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 36 feetPrototype: Chicago & North Western Ry.Period: late 1950sStyle: linear, walkaroundMainline run: 38 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: no. 6Originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Piermont DivisionScale: HO scale (1:87.1)Size: 57 x 72 feetPrototype: free-lanceEra: 1945 to 1955Style: around-the-wallsMainline run: 1,380 feetMinimum radius: 36″Maximum grade: 2 percent main line, 4 percent coal mineOriginally appeared in the February 2004 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Roscoe, Snyder & PacificScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 4 x 13 feetPrototype: RS&PPeriod: 1930sStyle: sectionalMainline run: 33′-3″Minimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grade: 4 percentOriginally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Salt Lake SouthernScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 26′-6″ x 40′-0″Prototype: freelanced and Chicago & North WesternPeriod: 1995Style: double deck with helixesMainline run: 325 feetMinimum radius: main line, 30″; branch line 22″Minimum turnout: main line no. 6, branch line no. 4Maximum grade: 2.75 percentOriginally appeared in the December 2005 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glanceName: Santa Fe, 1951Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 49 feetPrototype: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.Period: August 29, 1951Style: walkaroundMainline run: 150 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: no. 8Maximum grade: 2.5 percentOriginally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Model Railroader.Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sierra, Carson & Truckee Ry.Scale: HO and HOn3Size: 10 x 16 feet with added 5 x 5-foot alcovePrototype: Sierra RR, Virginia & Truckee RREra: 1929Style: double-deck walkaroundMainline run: 176 feetMinimum radii: 18″ for HO, 15″ for HOn3Minimum turnout: no. 4Maximum grades: 2.2 percent on HO, 3.5 percent on HOn3Originally […]
Track plan at a glanceName: South Central Minnesota RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 7′-6″ x 22′-6″ = 168.75 sq. ft.Prototype: Chicago & North Western and Milwaukee RoadPeriod: late 1950s to the mid-1980sStyle: along the wallsMainline run: approximately 60 feet per railroad (Milwaukee Road and C&NW)Minimum turnout: no. 4Originally appeared in the November 2005 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Sugar Spring Mining Co. RR Scale: HO Size: 19′-6″ x 20′-6″ feet Prototype: freelanced, based on the Colorado & Southern and Rio Grande Southern Period: early 1900s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 132 feet (dual gauge), 80 feet (narrow gauge) Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4.5 […]
