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Jay Cain’s innovative O gauge layout

Jay Cain’s O-27 empire was one of the last O gauge layouts to be featured in our sister publication, Model Railroader. This new 12 x 30-foot O gauge layout reflects his wealth of experience in the hobby, along with his artistic and mechanical talents and vast imagination. […]

Painting a GG-1 on Janis Roguskie’s Reading Lines

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Frank Knautz’s realistic O gauge layout

Frank Knautz’s compact 11 x 11-foot O gauge railroad features realistic city scenes and landscaping that recreate events from the lives of his parents, blending elements of the past and present to create a realistic layout on which to run his vintage trains. […]

Lou Palumbo’s O gauge layout

In addition to writing “Views from the Underground,” a popular column in CTT, Lou Palumbo owns the Underground Railroad Shoppe in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Inside the shop dwells a 16 x 28-foot O gauge layout packed with trains, structures, and fun! The layout is open for public display between Thanksgiving and the end […]

Caryl Pettijohn’s Standard gauge Hollyberry Farm Train Barn

In the September 2013 issue, visit Caryl Pettijohn’s Hollyberry Farm Train Barn, a stone barn converted into a home for Caryl’s stunning 44 x 60-foot Standard gauge layout. […]

Joe Luciani’s O gauge Luciani Transcon

The Luciani Transcon presents railroading in the contemporary southwestern U.S. on a 17 x 47-foot O gauge layout. […]

Video: S gauge SD70ACe diesel by American Flyer (Lionel)

This powerful and intricately detailed diesel represents the new face of S gauge. Watch it in action! […]

Kent Johnson’s O gauge Canadian Pacific

You’ve seen Senior Editor Kent Johnson’s Canadian Pacific layout in a number of how-to articles and Weekend Workshops in the pages of CTT – now let the man himself take you on a tour of his realistic, modern O gauge layout. This video is courtesy of our friends at Model Railroader Video Plus. […]

Layout visit: Kent Johnson’s O scale Canadian Pacific

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader and Classic Toy Trains staff member Kent Johnson has a fabulous 3-rail O scale layout in his basement depicting the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Kent applies the same weathering and realism to his toy-train layout that one would to a scale railroad, […]

Jeff Silk’s Mount Marlborough RR

In the September 2013 issue, explore Jeff Silk’s stunning 26 x 50-foot O gauge Mount Marlborough RR. This layout takes you across the Golden State through landscapes inspired by the Silk family’s favorite destinations. This video is courtesy of TM Books & Video. […]