Model Railroad Plans

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This may be a little out of place, but I figured they are pretty close to maps, so why not share them. :-)

Anyway, one of my other hobbies is model railroading, and I've been working for a long time to design a track plan I like. It's important to make a track plan to determine where everything will go when you build the thing.

Most stop after they lay the tracks down, but I got a little creative, which is why I'm sharing these.

1) The Compact RR
- I can run two trains at once.
- It has a reversing track. Only works from one direction but I can throw the train in reverse if needed.
- Has one industry.
- Has a turntable & roundhouse.
- Has a small town, intended to look trailer-parky, with station.
- Has lake and river (forcing curved bridges...)
- Probably well outside of my modeling capabilities
- Small hills and mountains throughout.
- No elevation changes on the track (gave up that idea).
- Atlas C83 track



2) Larger Design
- Can run two trains simultaneously.
- Two industries.
- Two large cities.
- Plenty of mainline length.
- Small switching area.
- Large Passenger Station
- Large river.
- Mountain.
- Track elevation changes.



3) The Semi-Dogbone
- Can run two trains simultaneously.
- One-way reversing loop.
- Lake and river, plus some cool bridges.
- Small town with station.
- Awesome mountain range.
- Long double-mainline.
- One industry.
- Small switching area.
- Steep grades.



Sorry if these don't really belong on this forum. At the very least, I think they might be interesting for some of you.

I may not have talent with real mapping, but I can connect rectangles like a pro

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