Category Description: Bedroom-sized layouts.
Climax Falls II
Model Railroader 1978-08 pg. 86 Scale: HO Author: various authors
This is a 5'x22' layout which fits along one wall of the garage has become a family project.
Denis Mueller's D&S RR
Model Railroader 1978-02 pg. 90 Scale: N Author: Don Coppola
This is a 13'x17' layout around three of the four walls of a room, with two peninsulas. Includes several photos and a track plan.
Edward Laity's Valley and Tekoa Railroad
Model Railroading 2005-07 pg. 36 Scale: HO Author: David Butts
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.
Franklin Junction on the Rio Grande Southern
Model Railroader 1987-11 pg. 96 Scale: HOn3 Author: John Franzen
A spare-bedroom-sized layout features an embellishment of the junction on the RGS around 1941. The layout features nice scenery and expansive-looking backdrops.
Fred Gill's Diamond Valley Line
Model Railroader 1983-07 pg. 66 Scale: HOn3 Author: Malcolm Furlow
This Australian layout is a freelanced model based on the American narrow gauge prototype.
George Lochsky's Northern Pacific Layout
Railroad Model Craftsman 2010-09 pg. 38 Scale: HO Author: Don Spiro
A long, skinny layout that models the Cascades to Puget Sound. Since the layout is a bit smaller, the owner was able to focus more attention to the details and the fantastic structures it features. The passenger station is modeled open facing the aisle, so the interior is fully visible.
Rock Trains on the EBT
Railroad Model Craftsman 2007-02 pg. 50 Scale: HOn3 Author: Doug Taylor & Stephen M. Priest
This layout models the East Broad Top in Pennsylvania, with connections to the standard gauge PRR. The layout was started in 1978 when the original part was designed by John Armstrong. Some prototype photos and lots of layout photos are included. Also included is the track plan for the HOn3 section of the layout.
The Golden Era Los Angeles in the 1950's
Model Railroader 2006-07 pg. 58 Scale: HO Author: Robert Smaus
12 by 19-foot layout features the SP in L.A. The article is a photo essay that takes you around the layout.
The Iron Wood RR
Model Railroader 1987-11 pg. 74 Scale: HO Author: Larry R. Forgard
This spare-bedroom layout features very nicely done scenery with scratchbuilt structures set in early 1940's.
The Ironhead Timber Co.
Model Railroader 1985-10 pg. 60 Scale: HO Author: Bob Clarke
The 10' by 16' layout features a lot of detail and very nice scenery. Not all of it was finished at the time of the article. The theme is logging railroading in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900's.
The Last Run of the Pennsylvania & Maryland
Railroad Model Craftsman 1972-09 pg. 24 Scale: HO Author: Richard Bradley
A fictional story built around the author's layout. Lots of photos, but no layout data.
The New Poco Valley
Model Railroader 1991-01 pg. 86 Scale: HO Author: Ken Nelson
Reclaiming the space used by his children's layout, the author expanded and completed the basement before building this "E"-shaped layout. The article briefly describes the construction process, but its focus is on operations. Includes photos, trackplan, and operations sequence and forms.
The Ramapo Valley
Railroad Model Craftsman 1979-03 pg. 54 Scale: HO Author: Bill Kennedy
The layout is an around-the-wall style layout with a large J-shaped peninsula into the middle of the room. It features lots of switching. There a quite a few close-up photos of the layout. The layout is loosely based on the Erie Lackawanna in northern New Jersey. It models a double-track mainline between Hoboken and Ridgewood with one branch line.
Touring the SP Western Division
Railroad Model Craftsman 2007-01 pg. 74 Scale: HO Author: Lloyd Roberts
This around-the-walls with a peninsula layout features a large model of the SP's Oakland Mole passenger station. A sidebar shows how two Walthers kits were combined to create a smelter and refining complex.