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 […]
Download the PDF of this project here. Note: This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our […]
Download the PDF of this project here. Please note: Despite our best efforts to compress this file, it is graphically intense and may take a few minutes to download. NOTE: Please make sure that “none” is selected for “page scaling” and “auto-rotate and center” boxes are NOT checked when you print this file. […]
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 […]
Download the PDF of this project here. Download a PDF to build a 1:20.3 scale hot-dog stand. Note: This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up […]
Q: Can you suggest how to safely remove the white residue that builds up on the bottom of my American Flyer rolling stock? – Bruce K. Davis, Youngwood, PA A: We receive this question several times a year. For some reason this white residue problem is more common with American Flyer S gauge trains of […]
Q: I have a bunch of old track – maybe 500 pieces – which I’d like to use on a layout. Most of it is dirty, greasy, and rusty, and I’d like to know how to clean it without doing each piece separately. – Larry Novis, Hermitage, Tenn. A: There is no mass-cleaning technique, shortcut, […]
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 […]
