Amtrak showcased its past, present and future with a special 40th anniversary exhibit train filled with photos, period uniforms, dinnerware, vintage advertising and memorabilia, and interactive displays from Amtrak’s beginning in 1971 through today. View photos from the Sept. 11, 2011...

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 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 St. Louis Junction Railroad focuses on late 1990s era local and industrial switching, including Granite City Steel, in the metropolitan St. Louis area. Interchange and through traffic between the major railroads rounds out the operations....

Looking for a small but unique HO scale model railroad track plan? The Gateway Central XII offers riverport harbor switching and train operation action, while still providing a complete mainline loop for just running trains. This layout features challenging to build kitbashed structur...

Photos of the grain elevator, grain loading conveyor, and kitbashed railroad lift bridge on the riverport harbor themed Gateway Central XII train layout....

View photos of the riverport layout's tow boat, dock, oil products transfer complex, pickled pepper plant, and other structures....

Gateway Central VI HO scale project railroad was designed around two logging industry scenes (one on each side of the layout). One side features a paper and kraft mills with a chip unloading area. The other side is a sawmill scene. The layouts was designed as two pieces that stack for...