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Name: Ahnapee & Western RR Layout owner: Larry Blank Scale: S (1:64) Size: 22 x 24 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: glacial hills of Wisconsin along the shore of Lake Michigan Era: 1937 Style: around the walls with peninsula Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 48″ Turnout minimum: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: open […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Nothing conveys the appearance of a finished layout more than smooth-flowing hardboard fascia! But even though our N scale Canadian Canyons layout isn’t completed quite yet, David shows you how to measure, cut, and secure fascia around the curvaceous perimeter of our project […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With the upper level framing in place, it’s now time for David to build out the plywood platform for our N scale Canadian Canyons layout. Once in this subroadbed is attached, David can then turn his attention to completing the trackwork and installing […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With just a tad more trackwork required to finish off the upper level of our Canadian Canyons N scale layout, David Popp stumbles into a tricky patch where the main section connects with the detachable lobe. No worries, David shows you a bulletproof […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Another video on trackwork? Well, YES! This time David wanted to be sure you saw a couple techniques that weren’t addressed in the previous videos of our N scale Canadian Canyons Series. First up, David shows how to install a Tortoise by Circuitron […]
These shipping cartons make an interesting addition to a model train station scene. Click on the image to download a PDF of the shipping cartons that you can print out and fold. Shipping cartons are an easy to add detail to model railroad passenger station scenes. Click on the link to download shipping cartons in […]
Name: Granite Falls Ethanol RR Layout owner: Rolf Malmborg Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 24 feet Prototype: BNSF Ry., Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Canadian Pacific Locale: Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana Era: 2013 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 180 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (staging and industry sidings) […]
Name: Great Midwestern RR Layout owner: Pete Walton Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 36′-6″ x 63′-0″ Prototype: freelance Locale: generic Midwest, based on northwest Illinois Era: 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline Run: 600 feet Minimum Radius: 27″ (yard), 31″ (main) Minimum Turnout: no. 4 (yard), no. 8 (main) Maximum Grade: 2 percent Benchwork: open grid […]
Name: H&R Steel Co. Layout owner: Mike Rabbitt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18 x 33 feet Theme: integrated steel mill Locale: Midwest United States Era: steam-to-diesel transition era Style: walk-in Mainline run: 135 feet Minimum radius: 30” (main), 12″ (mill) Minimum turnout: no. 3 (in mill) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 46″ […]
Name: Pacific & Eastern Layout owner: Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 26 x 52 feet Prototype: semi-freelanced Locale: southern Oregon Era: 1989 Style: double-deck walk-in Mainline run: 531 feet Minimum radius: 34″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings) Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (main), 4 percent (logging branch) Benchwork: engineered […]
Name: Danforth, Hadley & Northern RR Layout owner: Ken Chick Scale: N (1:160) Size: 38 x 52 feet Prototype: freelanced, based on Northern Pacific Locale: Central Montana Era: 1954 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 400 feet Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 20″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), no. 4 (industrial spurs) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent (main), 2.25 […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout owner: Chris Broughton Scale: N (1:160) Size: 18 x 27 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: Eastern U.S. Era: 1954 Style: modular walk-in Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 7 (yards and industries), no. 10 (crossovers) Maximum grade: none Benchwork: Free-moN modules Height: 50″ Roadbed: cork Track: Atlas […]
