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My layout (still under construction) is based on the “small town on the prairie” by Ian Rice. I expanded the 8X12 size to the inside of my train building which is 14’4″ x 9’4″. It is mounted on shelf brackets around the wall with a lift out bridge across the outswing door.
Ho layout on top, and Lionel below.
San Juan Creek, set in N.W. NM (With apologies to Chama) in the late 40s. 12×8 HO layout.
We, the family, camped on the train trailer from California to Mexico. We enjoyed the scenery and some stops for the dinner and some shopping stuff.
MORE THAN 45 YEARS IN THE HOBBY, 180 MACHINES AND OVER 700 WAGONS, LOVE TRAINS ALL OVER THE WORLD
love all the locomotives I have 40 on my Chicago Northwestern layout
This is the 2nd diesel terminal on my layout supporting industries of my ethanol plant ….wherehouses & oil refinery & paper plant.
long way to go, don’t give up
This is 3 rail 0 gauge. The layout, originally in my home, I donated and rebuilt for the Strasburg Museum (strasburgmuseum.org for more pictures). It is located inside a restored baggage car. The scene her is about 4-1/2 feet wide.
Converted an old Wurlitzer baby grand piano into an ho scale layout. Welcome to the town of Wurlitzer and the WURLITZER GRAND PIANO RAILWAY
Wow that is an interesting concept!
My layout is based on 40s and 50s steam, electric and diesel
My layout is 8 x12 ft with many switches, o gauge Lionel , old engines from 1930, 1940 and 50
I typically model in the late 1950’s…but the SD40-2 happens to be my favorite diesel
Overview
My Layout is 4×8 HO Marklin German City layout I had these trains since I was 6 years old in 1969. My Dad and I never finished the layout. These trains were in boxes until 2020. During the Pandemic I decided to setup and complete the Layout 3 years later this is the result. its not done there is always more to add.
My layout is 18 x 7 and it a western layout that i have been working for the last 7 years and some old and newer cars that i run from time to time and i am still working on it and me and my grandson he does all my videos .We try to do a video a week or some time pictures of the layout and we post it on other train groups that i am in .
Our club models Corona, Riverside, & Fulerton in 1949.
We have several electric trains some still in their boxes just like new all sizes rails solid has not ever been on the ground
My layout is in a 10′ x 26′ room in an outdoor shed. This picture is in one corner of the room. It took several months to build and install this into my layout. The trestles took the most time. What you can’t see from the photo is that there are 3 trestles on the left side of the upper buildings that come together on the right side of the building. The first building on top is the dump with a car repair shop behind it. The track from the mine comes in between these two building. Then, the big crshing building, followed by a dryer and then a conveyor to the loading bin.
Check out my Reels on FB.
This is a work in progress.
Love mountains and era 3-5
Trains
This picture looks fantastic!!! Very realistic!!!
This is my LGB and PIKO G scale garden model layout, all designed and built by myself
A picture of my Ho Scale Des Moines Central Ry. at Granger Iowa. A spin on the old Des Moines & Central Iowa Ry.
All Lionel
While stuck in during COVID, decided to build model of AutoTrain station in Lorton, VA on 2’ x 2’ plywood. Then, had to build train set around it.
Barnum&Bailey circus replica
Great shot Thom Radice!
Adding details constantly. I doubt it will ever be truly “finished”.
HO scale 8×10 layout
This is amaizing!
Kind of nice to build as you go, and have something different! I a plod you.
I love cold water fishing for Trout.
Love it looks very real.
I love the scene, I have a couple pics of bear in Durango CO. I’m looking to incorporate in my back ground.
Nice looking scene…
No
You have a nice train layout here, but where exactly is this seen between Durango and Silverton? I to am building a model of that train. But it will run from Farmington NM to Silverton.
I just love the Trains of NM, I’m building the Narrow Gauged from Farmington NM to Silverton CO. When I was very young it loaded produce and coal going North thru Durango CO. I have the Durango Train in a kit yet to be assembled! I use to look out from my Grandfathers fence and watch the train as it loaded and unloaded from the docks. All of this will be from memory. So if anyone has any pic of the time from 50 to late 60’s I would love to dwn load them???
San Juan Creek, NM. There is a small cattle ranch and a slaughter house along with a number of industries that support this small town. San Juan Creek has its own short line and is a “whistle stop” for the AT&SF freight and passenger service.
A few photos of my layout late 80’s Pine Mountain & Santa Fe Railroad.
enjoy!
The theme of the model railway is a route in the foothills of the Alps near the German-Austrian border. The main station has train formation tasks and locomotive changes or reinforcement of the pulling power with a leader locomotive. A small branch line that disappears into the tunnel immediately after the station also starts here.
At the highest point of the mountain route is a small train station for short local trains that stop here. Long-distance traffic and freight trains pass through here.
The difference in height is about 110 cm. The lowest of the 5 shadow stations is 35 cm and the highest point of the system in the mountain station is 145 cm.
The track length is about 400 m. There are 100 trains on the layout, which is controlled analogously with reed contacts and relays. The Sommerfeldt overhead line is only installed in the visible area and is not live. About 95% of the driving material is from Roco. The rest is divided between Piko, Railtop, ACME, LS-Models, Jägerndorfer, Lima and Liliput.
West Pasco Model Railroad Association
Need to see videos of o-guage and n-scale layout building and wireing and maintenance.
N scale first try
wow!
Our layout is on a 4 x 8 tilt base. It’s all to HO scale. We have a full town, Church, cemetery, quilt shop, loading doc, depot ,on the second level farm house, garden, barn, saw mill, gold mine, miners house etc,,,We thought this was be somewhere in Colorado
As I don’t like “wall-hugging” layouts (I feel they are two dimensional and the whole joy of model train layouts is its three dimensional view), my layout has an approx 10 by 10 feet size. It includes a full nation “Sprecherland” with a capital, agricultural landscaping a river and an Alpine winter resort. Bellow it there is a shadow station that doubles as a showcase for some of my rolling stock. As this is my own nation I don’t care about era’s or so I just have what I like.
So I hope that you will enjoy the photos
Coal Washery loader . Full hoppers waiting to be shipped out
My 7th Layout in 4 years , have had this one for 2 years am making all the points (48) working using EzyBus developed by MERG UK . Just enjoying myself and having great fun
These are some old pics of my layout before I revamped it about a month ago. Now i have three more industries anda slightly larger yard.
I Can not see any layouts all I see is the posts people have made
I have built up a hundred Popsicle sticks, but they’re really way too large for HO. I’m planning to cut them down to use them (when I get a round2it.)
Meant to say “the layout is not a model of a specific location but is a mix of many inspirations.”
Portable Z scale model RR.
Cannot view layouts! How to get them.
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meant too say 50`s…. NOT 30`s….(with Diesel engines, not being used till 50`)
LOL
Bitter end
Looking forward to some new educational tools, concepts and ideas.
This is just one corner of the layout – it covers 15 x 12 x 15 x 12 with a peninsula in the middle. I’m enjoying working on it more now that I am retired!
trust you will enjoy!
Great site
Great site…
How do I submit a photo?
Hello Dave!
Great question!
You’ll scroll underneath all the submitted photos until you see the option to upload your own!
Thank you!
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I BUY MY FIRST TRAIN SET 50 YEARS AGO, I AM 66 TODAY AND MY LAYOUT SIZE IS OVER 70 SQUARE FEET, HO SCALE AND AC,DC AND DCC MODELS.
OVER 180 MACHINES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BRANDS, PASSANGER, FREIGHT AND A LOT OF STUFF HAND MADE BY MYSELF, I LIVED IN LIMA, PERU
This is my American Flyer S gauge layout that resembles one I had when I was a kid back in the late 50’s and early 60’s.
This is the diagram of the layout as it is now. I doubt that it will be added to but everything has scenery except the shelf and bridge that runs behind the day bed.
The Control Section
I miss labeled my pic. That’s some of my industries.
just curious
I would like to show a small part of my layout !!
I’m working on a 4’x8′ table made from a diagram I found in one of the Model R/R magazines I get and the scale on the table is N scale. I have no name yet that runs around the table, has a bridge and part is for passengers loading.
I’m building a layout based on German railroad. I would like additional pictures or contact info for GM impala.
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Very nice
Plain and simple that probably took a great deal of work. The phone pole in the shot is perfectly placed. Nice job. My vote goes to you.
I used the same houses which I bought at the dollar store during the holidays. I modified them by painting them, creating row houses, etc.
Wow….!!
Awesome work…
No layout is perfect; there is no sag in your telegraph wires! :^)
That garden looks like a great landscaping plan for an inside layout!
Just looking at picz
I like to scratch build structures
Just want to look at nice layouts
Very much in its infancy this N scale layout is my retirement busy work! I am just coming to the realization that a model railroad is never completely done. It just reaches levels of completion.
Layout is under continuous growth. This edition is less than six months old. Set up on a 4X8′ , this “N” gauged layout is in its infancy.
The scenery on the original shelf layout is now virtually complete. Two of my grand daughters requested that I put a movie theater on the layout so the oil company tank farm got moved to make space for the theater downtown.
Nice photos
Very nice display. Shows what a Christmas layout(s) should feel like and be. Thanks for sharing.
garciatony60 could you please tell me where you got that beautiful Red & Black B model Mack . Thanking you
Can you change my email address to ahebje@gmail.com?
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The Granery in Bellingham, WA
circa 1950
Based on Bennett BC but re-imagined as a coal mining town. Travelled the White Pass Yukon Route last year and bought these little wooden blocks which I cut down and added a roof.
gairbear05, Great work. I love the detail and sepia is perfect for the time period of your module.
clsable1, Thanks for sharing.
Postman,
Nice job!
Roy, I don’t think so, but that’s a good looking one on your layout.
dcline50, A lot of layout in a small area. Well done.
seg57, Great detail in a wonderful city scene.
bcc, love those Forneys.
Great shot, David.
HOn30 visits Edge
This is the CNW Milwaukee Station on my 14 x 24 foot Chicago and Northwestern Lines Wisconsin Division layout circa 1956. During a typical 3 hour operating session eleven trains will depart and arrive here.
I have had this set since 1955 It is a family tradition
I’m building my 3rd HO layout…. took a 35 year resting period… lol Theme is based on the transitional period of logging in the production of lumber at the mill and paper manufacturing at the paper mill… future expansion will in a 4’x4′ mountain tree harvesting and loading site….. all comments or suggestions are welcome….
New to the hobby.
Filled my basement with my Christmas village and train set.
This is my first N gauge RR. Have built HO before (40 years ago) but this has been fun. It’s not finished yet. Lots of detail work to do. Previously I built 54mm military dioramas… Civil War, the Alamo, WWII… etc… In 2004 my diorama of the Battle of the Alamo was displayed at the Witte Museum in San Antonio Texas and also at the San Jacinto Monument in Houston…
PRR K4 #5343 pulls a string of P70 coaches over the high line.
What great color! Trees are absolutely magnificent. Do you utilize kits or are they “home-made”?
Is this THE Mystic Mountain in north Georgia? Was there about six years ago. Not sure that it still existed.
H-O scale layout soon to be torn down to make way for new Sn3.
Just started N scale Railroading, Building my first layout through trial and error…
First layout – 3 years in the making
Rockcut Oct on my Saint Vrain Central RR
Shot of part of my layout in the 50’s . Memories from growing up in Pittsburgh
Loved my layout but basement problems necessitated its removal. Something smaller (N-scale) being considered now. Layout was 30 years old- time for a re-build.
Started this 12×6 “dog bone” HO layout in 2012-2013. Of course, every year something is added/subtracted or improved. Just started DCC 2 years ago and still learning my way. I have been “HO train involved” since about 1960 and even still have some rolling stock on the layout from back then!
Retired, building pizza layouts
Simple 3rail o scale layout
Layout is set in the 30’s, all steam.
Micro Engineering bridge because it looks good.
Santa Fe HO layout inspired by the Surf Line. Around the room and single peninsula. Focussed on citrus industry. Single main line. Six months in on this project so far. Regards from Sydney, Australia
Here are some shots of my N scale Japanese themed layout
On30 Tuning Fork” switching layout… 14 inches wide by 42 inches long…
Train Layout in train room looks like dinning car
My First layout that started as a 4×8 and grew. Milwaukee Road, 1963
It was essential to have the new layout operational from the start to spark the interest of the grandchildren who were helping. Although it was fun to be building with a train running around you; it did make the construction challenging. We really appreciated the help of the 10 year old who was able to squeeze into tight spots during construction and the help of the 4 year old who was light enough to climb onto hard to reach areas for placing landscape and accents to the layout.
This is the city downtown part of my O Scale model railroad
Good looking track work plus love the SD 45
Very nicely done
Two passenger trains entering and leaving town. Entire set only 2’x9′. Unfortunately, set torn down when moved. Hoping for bigger set in new house.
M old N Scale layout
Part of my Southern Pacific Peninsula Division
See pictures
My old train layout
My old train layout I had to take down because I moved into a small appt.
Modeling (loosely) the D&RGW 3rd Division in Sn3
This is the mountain section of my West Virginia coal operation.
I worked in the coal business and saw this scene all through the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. Notice the mining equipment waiting to go in the mouth of the mine.
Thanks so much for featuring my layout for everyone to see! Lots of time and effort go went into making it so realistic and fun to operate. Watch video of everything in action here: https://www.youtube.com/user/SilverRailClub?feature=mhee
A new start after 40 yrs
Modeling in N scale , lots of kitbashing and modifying locos and rolling stock . The stagecoach body was originally a bracelet charm .
My former profession involved building scale models of satellites and testing them in my home drop tower. I am now building a very accurate model of Cajon Pass Summit and the downhill areas of Alray and Gish in my home in Portland, Oregon. The layout is roughly 30×60 ft.
I have many wonderful memories and photos of chasing trains (and even cab ride) over Cajon. Lived near there, Loma Linda area, for ten years. Now, in Portland also. Would love to share stories and see more of your layout.
I’d love to show it to you. Call me and leave a message, we are in the phone book.
Freelance layout, leaving the yard.
Shot of a part of my HO layout
HO scale 50’s era
I love trains
Meekins46
Im looking for older landscape in the mid 1800s
Rockcut Jct on my Saint Vrain Central RR
My layout is approximately 18’ x 18’ in a 20’x20’ room only one track now, have 3 trains running in it in process of laying 2nd track trying to determine how I want switched and siding tracks snd where buildings will be as to run lights. One building (Valley Citrus Packers hah Plexiglass roof with conveyors office and people with boxes of citrus on conveyors and pallets of citrus . Lumber yard has lumber in racks with plexiglass roofs allowing you to see the lumber. Working on power plant row shops union station and several others. Started working on layout last year figure it will take another year for completion
I love trains layout video’s
website is http://www.davidrholsinger.com
How do I show my ho scale layout
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