Mid-Size Track Plans for Realistic Layouts

Features 26 innovative model railroad track plans in Z, N, HO, O, and G Scales and fit spaces from 8'x10' to a 20'x20' G Scale garage layout. Based on such interesting prototype lines as Western Maryland – Thomas Subdivision, White Pass & Yukon, Norfolk Southern's Shirley Industrial Park, Chesapeake & Ohio's Chicago Divison, Denver & Rio Grande Western's Craig Branch, Erie/LTV Mining Railroad, Utah Railway, and New York City's Bush Terminal.

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Author: Bernard Kempinski
Softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 112 pages; 50 black and white photos; 100 color photos; 14 illustrations; ISBN: 9780890247044

Bernard Kempinski is a freelance writer who has contributed more than 40 magazine articles and 20 lectures on model railroading, many of them on steel mills. His N scale Alkem Steel mill model won best-in-show award at the Madison, Wis., NMRA show in 1997. He also consults on layout design and has been commissioned to build models on subjects as large as a 1950s steel mill and a paper mill, both featured in the Walthers catalog. He is the proprietor of Alkem Scale Models.  Bernard, a former Army Captain, is an analyst for the Institute for Defense Analysis in Alexandria, Va.

Introduction 4

CHAPTER 1
White Pass & Yukon 6

CHAPTER 2
Western Maryland’s Thomas Subdivision 16

CHAPTER 3
Norfolk Southern’s Shirley Industrial Park 24

CHAPTER 4
Chesapeake & Ohio’s Chicago Division 34

CHAPTER 5
Denver & Rio Grande Western’s Craig Branch 48

CHAPTER 6
Erie/LTV Mining Railroad 58

CHAPTER 7
Utah Railway 66

CHAPTER 8
New York City’s Bush Terminal 78

CHAPTER 9
U.S. Military Railroad City Point and Army Line 88

CHAPTER 10
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway 102