Category: Small Layout Design Ideas
Huron Bay Terminus Railway – Slate Mining in Michigan
There is some question if the “Huron Bay Terminus Railway” actually existed as an entity. For sure there was a 36″ tramway which served the…
Hamilton Feeds – A Switching Prototype with a Trestle
Cover photo by Nathan Nietering Anyone who has passed through the small town of Hamilton, Michigan can not help but notice the large wood railroad…
A Ghost Town With Its Own Private Railroad
October is my favorite time of year with cooler temperatures, the changing of the leaves and the spooky fun of Halloween. So, in keeping with…
2020 Small Layout Challenge Update
It is amazing how some ideas take on a life of their own! When I posted the original article on the challenge, I was hopeful…
Small Layout Challenge 2020
One of my favorite layout designs by Carl Arendt is Carl’s Imports. Carl designed the micro layout to fit in a shoebox. Using what he…
Ben Feldkamp’s North Branch Railroad
While in the Grand Rapids MI area I saw there was a train show and decided to make a stop. There I found this great…
Mysteries on the SOO Line
Some time ago, a random post on Facebook got me looking at an area of Northern Michigan (Upper Peninsula) near a small abandoned town of…
Expressway for Industry – Detroit & Toledo Shore Line
The corridor between Toledo and Detroit contains several rail lines. The area was a who’s who of Northeastern railroad giants. Within the corridor existed the…
Lionel Garing’s O Scale Industrial Layout
This month we are taking a look at an industrial layout created by Lionel Garing of Strasbourg, France. Lionel has designed and constructed a highly…
Christmas Layout 2018
Each Holiday Season I like to look for a Christmas Layout to feature on Small Model Railroads. This year we are going to take a…
