Let this collection of HO and N scale track plans inspire your next model railroad. Whether your looking for a modern-era switching layout or a steam-era branch line or a heavily trafficked main line that can be adapted to any era, this collection will provide you with ideas for fitting a model railroad into a modest-size space. Along with track plans and prototype photos, each article includes suggestions for operating the layout. (21 pages, 8.8 MB) Here are the track plans included in this set:

• The (prototype) Ohio Southern in a bedroom by Jim Hediger
• Big Blue rolls on in the Motor City by Dana Kawala
• Switching with N scale steam on a 1950s branch line by Dick Christianson
• Norfolk & Western's Washington Extension by Nathaniel Cox
• N scale railroad with mainline operation by David Popp
• Urban switching on the 59th Street Branch by Stan Sweatt
• C&O's Loup Creek Branch by Jeremy Lidbeck
• A mid-size HO track plan for the operator by Jerry Boudreaux