Bob's Track Plans

I developed two plans for the UP's route from Des Moines north to Nevada, IA. This is the HO version, published in the April 2017 issue...

Another in my Hershey-inspired pikes based on former Reading Lines through central Pennsylvania. This design uses an unusual wye...

The sloping ceilings of Jim's attic room provided some challenges for designing for the long trains and multiple engine terminals he...

John wanted to model the Marshall SUb, which runs Northwest from Sioux Falls, SD up to a small yard in Willmar, MN where it joins the...

While working on John's home layout we did a modular version of the same prototype for his Scout troop to build. This 8-module plan is ...

This freelanced Norfolk Southern pike was designed to fit pre-built benchwork in Denny's attic. We worked in a classic...

Rob had his benchwork built, but with the addition of a long bridge across the entranceway we completed a functional version of St....

Ed had already built one leg of this "L" and wanted something to enhance operations from the other end. We added a short stretch of the...

Podcaster Scotty Mason ran a contest to design a model railroad for the modest space in his new house. I won! This is based on the PC...

This is the larger, HO scale version of this prototype originally designed for a garage-sized space and featured in Model Railroader in...