Category: Small Layout Design Ideas
Adrian and the LS&MS
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern main line stretched from Buffalo to Chicago by 1857. It would become the backbone of the New York Central…
Jim Sacco’s City Classics Display Layout
Many suppliers of Model Railroad materials build display layouts to show how their products will look/work on a layout. Many times these layouts are not…
Small Layout Meet 2017
The Small Layout Meet is Back! June 10, 2017, 10AM – 4PM Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, INC 12505 C.R. 99 Findlay, OH 45840 Same people,…
PESHEKEE RIVER RAILROAD II – Learning from mistakes
Sometimes you just have to learn the hard way. My original Peshekee River Railroad design located the layout in my basement workshop. Now I do…
Layout Design Journal 2016 Switching Operation Challenge
If you have a passion for fiddling with track and switching, this might be the thing for you. The Model Railroad Layout Design SIG (LDSIG) is…
Prototype 30″ Gauge Railways – Kauai Plantation Railroads #modelrailroad #narrowgauge
Many people model narrow gauge in On30 and HOn30. Most of these are stand-ins for 36″ or 24″ gauge railways. I thought it would be…
New Friends
As I have stated before, I used to be a lone wolf and kept my modeling to myself. Over the past year I have met a…
The Boat Yard
This week I started a new Free-mo module set called the Boat Yard. The design was a few years in the making. I was inspired…
The Hemlock Central – A 30 inch Prototype
The Hemlock Central (legal name was Harbor Springs Railway) was a 2 ft. 6 in (30 inch) narrow gauge railway which consisted of 13 miles…
Chelsea Milling Company Home of Jiffy Mix
Looking for a prototype industry straddling a main line, try Chelsea Milling Company. Located in Chelsea Michigan, the company produces Jiffy brand mixes since the…
