Small track plans

[roryglasgow]

Here are some layouts I've come up with using Right Track Software.

This one is built on a 3' x 6' board. It is a simple loop with a yard and a branch line. There are no reversing sections. The roundhouse is my own estimation of the footprint of Atlas' N-scale 3-stall roundhouse.

A passenger station could sit at the end of the branchline, and another could be located along the siding at the top.

-Rory

 

[roryglasgow]

2 x 4 with Timesaver

Here is a very compact layout with a timesaver. It fits on a 2' x 4' board. The radii are pretty tight, but are alright for small engines and shorter rolling stock.

-Rory

 

[roryglasgow]

HCD - 2 yards and a loop

This is a variation on Atlas' N-11, Unhinged and Horizontal (which is the plan on which I based my own layout). This version has two yards. Trains can run through the reversing section and head straight into the destination yard (or the originating yard). I removed the passing siding found on the N-11 so I could make room for the entrance to the second yard. I think this one is a little more realistic than N-11, though, because you can actually enter a DIFFERENT destination from where you started!

And this layout still fits on a 30"x80" hollow core door!

-Rory

 

[Tyson Rayles]

You saved the best for last! T.R.

 

[roryglasgow]

And speaking of small track plans, check out this link from the November 2001 Model Railroader! Some of these are brilliant!

http://www.naisp.net/users/mfischer/m_train2.htm

 

[K.V.Div]

Good job on the trackplans Rory, and thanks for the link. Who says you can't have fun railroading in small places?
Happy modeling.
Cheers.

Terry