Bob's Track Plans

John wanted to model the famous Stampede Pass in Washington state in a long bonus room with sloping walls. He does not anticipate multiple operators or frequent guests so he was OK with the minimum 24" aisles that enabled a long and prototypically accurate mainline. The west staging level is actually between the lower and upper decks to give a spectacular eye-level view of the tunnel and the ability to run some nice helper service.

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...

Timothy had already built his benchwork and staging level, but asked me to help him with the visible deck. It was necessary to loop the...

This compact design uses two hollow-core doors arranged into an "L" but – like Norm Wolf's Bowman Center, which inspired it - a cassette...

Another popular plan, published in Model Railroader, based on the BNSF and its junction with the shortline CDCS. Download PDF