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On this page you can view many of the layout designs I have created for other modelers in recent years. You can use the filter buttons and site search to locate plans by scale, prototype, state, size, and other characteristics.

I use a simple 2D CAD program called MacDraft to do my layout planning. It is not specialized for model railroading, but I've been using it a long time and it meets my needs.

Here are a couple of resources that you can freely download and distribute for non-commercial purposes:

Bob's Track Planning Questionnaire is the document I use to gather basic information for designing a plan. It might help you organize your own "Givens n' Druthers." It's a fillable Microsoft Word doc.

Bob's Curve and Grade Calculator is an Excel spreadsheet with multiple tabs. It can calculate the length of tracks at various curve radii and grades, along with train lengths and other functions for N, HO, S, and O scales. Have fun.

David Chapman's Penn Northern

I'm not sure David will retain my tongue-in-cheek pike name, but I did refer to some Philadelphia-area prototype locales in developing...

David Rarig's Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad Reading Division

This is a fairly pure treatment of the RBMN north of Belt Line Junction in Reading, PA up to Tamaqua – part of the Reading Ramble...

Scott Kantner's Reading & West Milton

Scott wanted to replicate the "Reading Rambles" of the 60s - fan trips behind steam that traversed a large loop including the Reading's...

Devin Porteus' Eastern Hills and Southern (Lehigh Division)

We fit a pretty good representation of the famous Lehigh Valley mainline from Lehighton to Wilkes-Barre along with a couple of branch...

Bill Reithmeyer's Pennsylvania RR

This is based on the "back side" of the hill approached on the east side by the Horseshoe curve from Altoona and through the famous...

Adam Henry's CSX Hanover Sub

It's not always easy to design for preexisting benchwork, but this one does a good job of representing the former Western Maryland route...

Mike Stine's Conrail Bald Eagle Branch

This plan, representing Contrail's branch south of Lock Haven, PA was featured in Model Railroader in June, 2015 and also in a 3D version...

John Erwin's Conrail Harrisburg Line

A continuation of my series of Reading-area plans. This relatively compact plan works in a lot of mainline using behind-the-backdrop...

Patrick Williams' NS Reading Line

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

Adam Henry's CSX Hanover Sub

Always a bit of a challenge to design for already-completed benchwork, but I was pleased with this design for the former Western Maryland...

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On this page you can view many of the layout designs I have created for other modelers in recent years. You can use the filter buttons and site search to locate plans by scale, prototype, state, size, and other characteristics.

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