Track plan at a glance Name: MoPac Arkansas Division Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 28 x 36 feet Prototype: Missouri Pacific Period: 1980s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 168 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 in yards, no. 6 on main Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2000 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: North Coast RR, Buckhorn Logging Co. Scale: HOn3 (1:87) Size: 11′-6″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: North Pacific Coast RR Period: 1904 Style: walk-in shelf with peninsula Mainline run: 131 feet Minimum radius: 22″ (18″ logging) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (no. 4 on logging line) Maximum grade: 3.5 percent (8.5 percent […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Roque Bluffs Minimum radius: 33″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the October 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: San Lorenzo Southern Scale: HOn3 Size: 13 x 22 feet Prototype: free-lanced narrow gauge Period: 1930-1945 Style: around the walls, walk-in Minimum radius: 24″ main line, 18″ on branch line Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent main line, 3 percent on branch line Originally appeared in the […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Southern Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 30 feet Prototype: Southern Ry. Period: 1945 through early 1950s Style: walk-in with one duck-under Mainline run: 425 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 with some no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the August 2003 issue […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Stony Creek & Western Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 29 x 51 feet Theme: Western bridge line Era: mid-1950s Style: panoramic, walk-in Minimum radius: 28″ HO, 22″ HOn3 Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Nickel Plate Third Subdivision Originally appeared in the September 2000 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Toledo Central Union Terminal Scale: HO Size: 20 x 27 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the February 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Utah Belt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22′-8″ x 39′-6″ Prototype: free-lanced Period: the present Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 173 feet Minimum radius: 39″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Wabash RR Decatur Division Tenth District Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 12 x 13 feet Prototype: Wabash RR Tenth District Period: October 1964 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radii: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the December 2000 issue of […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Western Pacific Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Third Subdivision between Oroville and Portola, Calif. Period: spring 1938 Style: around-the-walls with peninsula Mainline run: 130 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 on main line, no. 4 in yards Maximum grade: 0 Originally appeared in […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Yosemite Valley RR Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 20 x 20 feet Prototype: Yosemite Valley RR Period: August 1939 Style: multideck along the walls with peninsula Mainline run: 112 feet Minimum radius: 22″ with spiral easements Minimum turnout: no. 5, all controlled with slow-action switch motors Maximum grade: 2.3 percent […]
