Bob's Track Plans

Paul had a small room but some large equipment to run, so we ran staging around the walls where it can be "deemphasized" with trees and low hills while operators focus on the track near the aisle. Paul wanted a Wabash flavor so we stole Jacksonville, Illinois as the main location and worked in some good local switching opportunities in addition to the small yard.

Bob had a nice space and a distinctive prototype in the Cleveland, Akron, & Columbus Railroad, a Pennsy-owned short line in Ohio. He also had a very inconveniently located pipe protruding from his basement wall - but we managed to design the peninsula to take advantage of the interruption in the long wall. A circuitous route to the staging helped with access to the lower-level tracks and gave Bob about the longest mainline possible in the space.

Luke came to me with an interesting prototype and an interesting space in which to model it. The Eastern Idaho RR is a collection of former UP branches in the namesake state. One segment begins in Idaho Falls, where it exchanges with the UP, and heads northeast and then southeast into the Grand Tetons. Luke had two modest-sized rooms connected by a narrow hallway, with unobstructed access needed to the utility room in the middle. We came up with an expansive double deck layou

Fuad asked for a modified version of a commercial track plan. Fortunately, he had more room rather than less for his version. Can do.

The Canadian Pacific's dramatic ascent of Kicking Horse Pass is a favorite modeling subject of my clients; I think this may be the fourth...

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...

A single-deck (whew, I've been doing a lot of multi-decks recently) railroad inspired by the Denver & Rio Grande Western in Colorado. Jim...

Things are big in Texas, especially the purpose-built building Dave Oppedisano built when he moved there recently. Dave will once again...

Fabien lives in France but is a big fan of American railroads and the Cascade crossing. His modest space—even in N scale—persuaded us to...

I think we maxed out the potential of two modest adjoining rooms to create a three-deck plan that accommodated Dan's collection of...