One Room, Several Railroads
Rather than filling this spare room in my house with one medium sized layout, I built several smaller ones creating a "layout gallery"....
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Mar 25, 20205 min read
Perspective
The above image was taken on my N scale switching layout using an iPhone and the room’s overhead Halogen track lighting. The depth of...
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Oct 18, 20192 min read
Large Space, Small Skills
Modeler’s typically enter the hobby at two points in their lives, either during the teen years or at retirement. Those coming into model...
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Jun 13, 20193 min read
The “Thirty Minute/Three Hour” Rule
When it comes to model railroad operations, I’ve noticed what I call the “thirty minute/three hour rule” or, as Captain Jack Sparrow...
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Mar 24, 20192 min read
ACCEPTANCE
Acceptance. Acceptance of the reality of our situation. Acceptance of constraints. Acceptance of the fact that the subject we are...
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Jan 22, 20192 min read
DIAGONALS
The man made world we model tends to be built on engineering order. In other words, ninety degree angles, perpendicular orientations, and...
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Jul 21, 20181 min read
TURNOUT OPTIMISM
Model railroaders are an optimistic bunch, particularly when it comes to layout design! To be more specific, overly optimistic when it...
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Apr 12, 20184 min read
“TIME”
The timeless 80/20 rule, model railroad planning is not immune. All too often we have our 80/20 priorities backwards. We spend eighty...
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Feb 24, 20184 min read
PICKING A THEME, SETTING YOUR SCOPE
Before we draw the first line of a layout design, before we lay the first stick of bench work, the most important decisions present...
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Jan 14, 20184 min read
FEAR OF MISTAKES
On a relatively frequent basis I encounter modelers that confide in me their fear of making mistakes. It’s perfectly understandable. ...
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Nov 16, 20172 min read
RAIL GAPS AND RAIL JOINERS
I get lots of questions from my model railroad design clients, many new to layout construction, as to how to handle rail gaps and rail...
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Oct 10, 20173 min read
SIX LANDMINES TO AVOID
Planning a layout for several….or many years down the road? Design, preparing, and anticipation can be a big part of the fun. In my...
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Sep 13, 20172 min read
WHAT’S YOUR OPERATIONAL STYLE?
Trains in motion, that’s what we ultimately want. Without it we essentially have a static diorama. But what is your operational style? ...
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Aug 11, 20171 min read
WEST VIRGINIA LOGGING TRACK PLAN
Rickety logging lines are a popular theme. The design shown above is a free lanced West Virginia logging branch set in the 1930’s or...
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Jul 13, 20173 min read
HOW MANY TOWNS SHOULD I PUT ON MY LAYOUT?
Early in the planning process, it’s common for clients to tell me that they have a specific number of towns they’d like to have on their...
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