Bob's Track Plans

Bob had a nice space and a distinctive prototype in the Cleveland, Akron, & Columbus Railroad, a Pennsy-owned short line in Ohio. He also had a very inconveniently located pipe protruding from his basement wall - but we managed to design the peninsula to take advantage of the interruption in the long wall. A circuitous route to the staging helped with access to the lower-level tracks and gave Bob about the longest mainline possible in the space.

Fuad asked for a modified version of a commercial track plan. Fortunately, he had more room rather than less for his version. Can do.

A single-deck (whew, I've been doing a lot of multi-decks recently) railroad inspired by the Denver & Rio Grande Western in Colorado. Jim...

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

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...

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...

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...