Bob's Track Plans

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...

Cliff remembers riding with his grandfather who was an engineer on the eastern half of the TP&W in Indiana and Ohio. Now he wants to...

Dan wanted to represent the bustle of downtown Chicago, with C&NW, Milwaukee Road, and El stations and tracks on one level, and the...