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Roanoke & Southern (N)

Hi Everyone,

So figured it was time to start a thread for my layout or a cornerstone as some would say.

The room is somewhat...

This Is What The Las Piedras N Scale Layout Has Been Up To!

Enjoy and see more at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3H...Sb-Ci0stbcCpeQ

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Grand Trunk Southern (N)

A Grand Trunk Southern SD40/SD45 combination lead Manifest 308 northbound over the Clarion River Bridge.

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SP Burbank Branch (N)

In November 2024, I started building a small switching shelf layout based on the Southern Pacific Burbank Branch in San Fernando Valley, California, set...

BillyJoeBob's Train Set (HO)

the Jersey Regional Manufacturers Railway

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

Northern AT&SF (HO)

I've been a fan of the Santa Fe since my first train set with a red and silver F7 as a kid. My layout project is in a basement room that is about 16'...

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 (N)

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...

MHO Junction - HO scale - Lloyd

MHO Junction stands for Hawkesbury being the junction between Montreal and Ottawa. My layout is 40' x 20' and is Freelance in the 1970's. The layout got...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Colorado & RioGrande Central Railroad (HO)

A proto-freelanced model railroad in HO scale based on the idea of "What If" the DRGW had reached El Paso Texas....

NKP Freight House in Canton, OH (HO scale)

The modular part of my layout is based on the Canton, OH freight house.

Reply to Paper Mill Model

by Uncle Pete's Basement

Allen, I rescued 90% of the buildings and details from the mill scene. Most of the track was saved as well, though I had several bunches of ME C55 wood...
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30 minutes ago
Paper Mill Model

by Uncle Pete's Basement

The largest industry on my old layout was Inland Empire Paper. Unfortunately the layout is no more, scrapped as part of the rebuilding process after my...
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18 hours ago
Comment on BN 8th Sub (Issaquah Branch) 1/29 Scale (Outdoors)

by craigtownsend

I've unfortunately done that as well. I just dumped a car last week off and learned how brittle 3d printed trucks are. Thankfully I had some extras already...
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4 hours ago
Reply to Paper Mill Model

by Allen

A tragedy that none of that survived.
That looked as if you had a pretty good handle on what you were modeling.

Are you going to try...
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4 hours ago
Reply to BN 8th Sub (Issaquah Branch) 1/29 Scale (Outdoors)

by Paul S.

I've gravity-dropped cars in N and HO, Craig. It's not hard, really, and the timing works best over uncarpeted concrete floors.🤣🤣
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6 hours ago
Comment on BN 8th Sub (Issaquah Branch) 1/29 Scale (Outdoors)

by craigtownsend

Yes I've gravity dropped cars before. That's one of the reasons I installed roller bearings in all the trucks. The staging yard actually has a bit of...
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11 hours ago

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