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BillyJoeBob's Train Set

the Jersey Regional Manufacturers Railway

This layout's design is a broad culmination of what I have gleaned from a lifelong hobby - handlaid...
 

Wichita & Northwestern (HO)

An alternate history / freelance project in HO scale. Set in the late 1980s, the Wichita Northwestern survives beyond the historical ~1940 demise (as...
 

Oregon Trunk on a HCD (N scale)

Hi all,
I'm new here and figured I should start something about my layout. I'll try to just give an overview in this first post, and then add more...
 

Southern Pacific in the Inland Empire

This project is now named the Beaumont Hill Subdivision.

The SPIE RR idea came about from a suggestion of a friend many years after dismantling...
 

The Carolina Sandhills Lines (HO)

Hi, Mom! 😃

I’ve been building this layout that I call The Carolina Sandhills Lines for almost six years. I was an N scaler for fifteen...
 

N Scale CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0

New to the site this evening, so figured I'd open up a build thread for my yet to be designed 3.0 layout. I am modeling the CSX Hanover subdivision running...
 

Missouri Pacific Bagnell Branch (HO) - Charlie Duckworth



Just was recently added as a listee. I started with the Missouri Pacific in 1974 in western Kansas and worked the entire system in our station’s...
 

Northern Pacific and Black Hills in N scale


I have been plugging away at this as time allows for the last bunch of years, since 2015 maybe? The layout is located in it's own dedicated mobile...
 

Spokane Southern Railroad (HO)

The HO scale Spokane Southern Railroad is my freelanced basement-sized model railroad. The railroad is approximately 11 scale miles long, running between...
 

Scratched car and six axle trucks

I started this car before I realized no 11' wheelbase six axle Buckeye trucks were available! Being hard headed, I decided to make my own! The car hauled...
 

The Palisade Canyon Railroads (N)


A west bound Southern Pacific manifest is crossing the Humboldt River near Palisade Ranch in central Nevada.

Hi, I'm new here at Realistic...
 

Cleveland & Eastern (N)

Hey folks,

I'd like to share my freelanced home layout - the Cleveland & Eastern RR - with you.
It is built as a walk in layout...
 

Riel and Maëlle’s Model Railroad (N)

I never had a layout thread before so please bare with me and we will see how this goes.

I started this layout about 4 years ago. It is...
 

White Pine (N)

So A little over a year ago I decided to downsize layouts. I decided to model the end of Wisconsin Central’s White Pine Subdivision in White Pine, Michigan...
 

BN 8th Sub (Issaquah Branch) 1/29 Scale (Outdoors)

I'm modeling a former NP, then BN, then BNSF, now abandoned branchline out of Seattle, WA. I only have room to model the area of Redmond, and Issaquah....
 

The Hills Line - Modeling the IAIS Hills Industrial Spur in HO Scale

Scenes from the IAIS Hills Industrial Spur in HO Scale. More information on The Hills Line at http://thehillsline.com...
 

AC&Y - The Akron Service District (N)

Greetings. I've been interested in and working on one version or another of the AC&Y for the last 20 or so years. It's kind of frightening to write...

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Welcome to the Realistic Model Railroading forum!

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Realistic Model Railroading is a gathering of railroad modelers in all scales who are intent on developing their skills while building and operating realistic model railroads. We strive for this forum to be a place where the defining line between "train set" versus a railroad in miniature is clearly drawn.

To that end, this forum's key purposes are to inspire and encourage others in their endeavors, to pass on helpful techniques and advice, and to reap the benefits of shared interests and goals in pursuing realism in model railroading, to the best of one's abilities and talents.

We also firmly subscribe to the idea that there is no "best" technique or "best" product for every situation or need. Rather, there are numerous ways to solve the various challenges we all encounter from time to time while building and operating realistic layouts. Part of the enjoyment of this hobby comes from learning to problem solve or sharing with the community how you found a solution to a particularly thorny problem.

Please take a few moments to read through our FAQs to learn more about our goals and objectives. If you agree with them, as well as with our username standards, we hope you will join our community of railroad modelers.

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Uploading Images and Video on RMR:

Guide to uploading images from your desktop

Guide to uploading images from your iPhone

Guide to uploading videos

Websites & Groups:

Layout Design Special Interest Group: www.ldsig.org

Operations Special Interest Group: www.opsig.org

NMRA Standards and Recommended Practices: www.NMRA.org

Lance Mindheim's Blog: lancemindheim.com

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