Bob's Track Plans

Matt has a fairly small area for an O scale layout, even with the relatively tight curvature common to three-rail components. He also...

As soon as we finished Luke's original plan he moved. Not to worry! His new house had a slightly bigger room just right for the railroad,...

Now this was a challenge. Greg wanted to model Pullman Junction, a key spot on the South Side of Chicago where five different railroads...

Bob wanted long trains, wide curves for his Big Boys and DD40Xes, and a Sherman Hill feel with the ability to break up the stark scenery...

Gene secured trackage rights to an adjoining room, leading us to do a new design. However, the two rooms were separated by a load-bearing...

This expansive N scale layout is loosely based on the Southern Pacific north of Dunsmuir, CA, allowing some flexible operating with an...

This is the second go-round for Ben who has a purpose-built hobby building with a basement measuring more than 40x40 feet devoted to his...

Luke and I packed a lot of railroad into a modest room-sized space thanks to a helix used as "car sink" staging for both ends of the...

This 3-rail O scale layout fills most of Mike's basement. Primary purpose is running trains, but I added a workable yard and some...

Bill wanted an operations-oriented version of his beloved Virginian Railway, hampered somewhat by the inconvenient positioning of doors...