Rich’s layout, sprawling over four levels of rugged mountain scenery, revitalized his family’s love affair with toy trains. Watch the video below to tour the Black Diamond Ry. […]
Rich Battista’s Black Diamond Railway

Rich’s layout, sprawling over four levels of rugged mountain scenery, revitalized his family’s love affair with toy trains. Watch the video below to tour the Black Diamond Ry. […]
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In this “head shot” of the MTH O gauge Alco RS-11, you can see the top red light that illuminates with a change in direction while the center light flashes and the bottom light is a steady headlight. Enjoy this locomotive in action by watching the video. […]
The MTH O gauge GenSet is immaculately detailed from the brake air line on the pilot to the air conditioner on the roof. […]
In the toy train world, there is no mightier locomotive than the New York Central Hudson. Subscribers can see this locomotive in action by watching the streaming video below. […]
The Readers’ Choice Railroad adds street trackage and urban switching with this 3 x 8-foot extension to our O gauge layout […]
This grade-crossing scene is a perfect example of effectively combined basic scenery elements. We concluded the project by adding small details that give the 4 x 8-foot layout the Appalachian-theme requested by you. But because we weren’t quite ready to stop building, we made plans to add an extension to the layout. Catch a glimpse […]
This magical Christmas layout features two monorails, two Lionel trains, one trolley, and an N scale kiddie train. […]
Ballast King’s O gauge ballast spreading car is an interesting and really fun way to ballast your railroad’s right-of-way. […]
Dennis Brennan’s article on taking great photos of your layout (May 2011 issue) gives you the information you need to take the best pictures possible of your home railroad. […]
I don’t have a full layout yet (rental houses), so I have to get my kicks at Christmas. This year was the biggest so far. All the buildings are Lego. I films using an iPhone stuck between the milk containers on the milk car, and a Canon G11 flying overhead and edited in iMovie. Hopefully […]