Ron Schlueter's HO scale San Jose Southern is based on the 1950s Denver & Rio Grande Western at Tennessee Pass, Colorado. The layout uses a linear walk in with lower level staging design and Digitrax DCC control, features 145-feet of mainline with a 3% grade, code 83 rail, and a 30" m...

This freelance 30’x33’ railroad connects Chicago to Seattle. The area modeled is on the Columbia River in western Washington. Great Northern has running rights on this 1947-1970 era layout featuring code 83 main lines and code 70 yard trackage, lots of mountains, and some river traffi...

Gary Hoover's HO Scale Santa Fe is being rebuilt as 1950s era Virginia coal fields on the N&W. Here are some photos of the Santa Fe layout....

The Utah Belt is an expanded version of the original with a similar modern southwest theme. Set in northern New Mexico, the 165-foot mainline runs through desert and mountain scenes. A linear around-the-walls design with a central peninsula is used....

Bob's N scale completely sceniced modern era BNSF in St. Louis layout features a single track mainline loop with Digitrax DCC control. The layout is located in the lower level of a split foyer home and includes the two-car garage. Bob has monthly operating sessions using a document pr...

The 1950s-era Springfield & Ozark O Scale model railroad is located in a former Frisco depot and features a 120-foot mainline run and dramatic plaster rock bluffs. The Big Bend Railroad Club is the oldest model railroad club in St. Louis....

This large 30’x40’ HO club layout has two large freight and passenger yards along with a scratchbuilt St. Louis station and engine facility. Long steam and diesel powered trains run on this 1950-1970 era railroad. Double track main line folded loop, 4 yards, engine facility, 250' main...

Gary Gross' 18' x 12' Franklin Pacific Railroad uses track on three levels connected by two multi-turn helixes to model this St. Louis to Kansas City (or Springfield) Missouri shortline. His completely finished 12' x 26' railroad room features a crew lounge area and a restroom. A typi...

John Kalin's Rio Grande Southern captures the Ridgeway to Rico route of this narrow gauge railroad at the end of the thirties. Trains start at Ridgeway/Rico (which is a double-ended hidden staging yard), and proceed to Vance Junction, Ophir, the High Line, and Lizard Head. At Vance Ju...

Paul Fries' HO scale model railroad is displayed in the front window of his hobby shop, Red Board Hobbies (2331C Collinsville Rd., Belleville, IL 62221, 618-233-3618). The layout features fall scenery and a small town theme. ...

The Webster Groves & Fenton Railroad is a fictional short-line railroad serving as a connection to local industries for the Burlington Northern Railroad in St. Louis County, Missouri. On the WG&F, a switching layout connects the industries of Valley Park, Missouri, via the BN main lin...

The Pseudo-Soo Line (PSL) is set in north-central Wisconsin in June of 1953. It represents the Third Subdivision of the Gladstone Division of the "Soo." The HO scale PSL is in an approximately 50’x16’ area using an around the wall design with a long center peninsula. The layout uses D...