Bob's Track Plans

The 3-rail guys have found me, and this is the latest in a string of designs for O scalers. Ben had a single-car garage available and wanted the largest curves possible for his big steamers. We were able to come up with a design that had a 45" minimum mainline radius and offer the flexibility of operating as two loops or—using the cutoffs near the station—one longer twice-around.

We fit a lot of 3-rail O scale into Garry's space, accommodating multiple trains on two disguised loops and a fair amount of switching...

Matt has a fairly small area for an O scale layout, even with the relatively tight curvature common to three-rail components. He also...

This 3-rail O scale layout fills most of Mike's basement. Primary purpose is running trains, but I added a workable yard and some...

This relatively simple On3 plan had to meet only a few criteria. Minimum 30" mainline for K27 Mikados, sectional to come apart easily in...

This O scale modular railroad depicts 1951-era versions of Paris, KY and Erin, TN on the L&N RR. The depots are to scale and the general...