4x8 - Black River Junction

4x8 - Black River Junction

Trackplan taken from Model Railroader magazine special issue '102 Realistic trackplans: how to build realistic Layouts No.5' and the description for the layout can be found below.

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The Black River Junction plan is for a freelance railroad junction town set someplace in Ohio in the 1950s. Here, a Baltimore & Ohio branch line meets up with a New York Central main line.
Having an operating Junction between two railroads works on this small layout thanks in part to a 1-6' x 6'-o' four-track staging yard that runs along one edge of the railroad.

Both the B&O and the NYC keep active passenger stations in Black River, and the NYC also has a small commuter station on the outskirts of the town at 'East Switch'.

The original plan was designed for Kato Unitrack but you could easily build it with flextrack and turnouts.
And you could extend the B&O main line through the NYC's curve at the left of the plan to extend the layout onto another shelf for more staging or another town.

Don't want to set the railroad in Ohio? you could easily adapt the plan for your favorite railroads and region. The curve radii would work with four-axle diesels and 50-foot boxcars.
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4x8 - Black River Junction
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