Library - Magazine Articles by David Butts

Edward Laity's Valley and Tekoa Railroad

Model Railroading 2005-07 pg. 36     Scale: HO     Category: "Layouts - HO - Medium"

The L-shaped 14' x 15' layout was built into a building in Edward's backyard and features the Virginia & Truckee in around 1885. Most of the structures are wood and many are scratchbuilt. The layout is mostly finished.

Jeffrey White's Z Scale UP Layout

Model Railroading 2005-12 pg. 26     Scale: Z     Category: "Layouts"

Two people in two states built a 10' x 20' Z-scale layout together that is an example showing that operations, realistic scenery, and craftsmanship can be applied to this small scale. Includes lots of close-up photos and a trackplan.

Simple Prototype Operations On a Small Layout

Model Railroading 2005-02 pg. 24     Scale: (none)     Category: "Operations"

Describes how the author "added" operations to a small 6' x 13' HO-scale layout. He established a list of industries that need to be serviced by the rails and determined the flow of traffic. Based on that he developed a train schedule. He describes the Freight Car Card Forwarding System by Micro Mark and the wooden boxes he made to hold those cards.