Stan Ludwikowski O gauge toy train layout

Layout of a busy city street

  Walk up the stairway leading to Stan Ludwikowski’s 23 x 36-foot layout and you’re suddenly looking at scenes from northwest Chicago more than half a century in the past. Watch this exclusive video tour of Stan’s impressive toy train layout. […]

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MRVP Layout Visit: Howard Zane’s Piermont Division in HO Scale

Howard Zane's Piermont Division model

As featured in the February 2020 issue of Model Railroader, Howard Zane’s Piermont Division, a 60 x 70-foot HO scale (1:87) model railroad masterpiece, comes to life in exclusive video! Howard graciously hosts a walking tour along the 23 scale miles of mainline, highlighted by Northeastern mountain scenery and incredibly detailed locomotives, rolling stock, and structures. For even […]

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Video: the On30 Marshfield & Old Colony

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Mike Tylick’s On30 Marshfield & Old Colony is a freelanced switching layout featuring detailed New England scenes. See some of the unique equipment running on the narrow gauge railroad in this short video.   […]

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Video: Art Williams O gauge layout

Art Williams’ 20 x 65-foot O gauge toy train layout features equipment from Lionel, MTH, Atlas O and more, as well as small-town and industrial scenes. The main level of Art’s O gauge layout boasts a double-track main line extending more than 200 feet. […]

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Modeling the mighty Pennsy in a small space

Pennsylvania RR Juniata Division

A version of this article appeared in Model Railroader’s special issue from 2018: Build a Small Railroad.  Pursuing my hobby concurrently with my military career meant I needed a portable model railroad that could still suggest the scale and intensity of a gigantic prototype in an impossibly small space. I found what I needed in […]

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CSX switching layout in HO scale in 12 square feet

CSX Ridgecrest

A version of this article appeared in Model Railroader’s special issue from 2018: Build a Small Railroad. In today’s world of trains, big 6-axle locomotives, and flashing red lights replacing cabooses, it’s comforting to know that spotting a single boxcar at a warehouse is still an integral part of railroading. Designing the module As I […]

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Video: Coshocton Model Railroad Club layout

Coshocton Model Railroad Club layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Featured in the July 2020 Model Railroader, the HO scale Toledo, Walhonding Valley & Ohio fills a 50 x 150 building with a freelanced layout inspired by scenes of southern Ohio. The impressive model railroad was built and is operated by the Associated […]

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