Category Description: Medium sized home layouts.
Black Rock & Marmot
Model Railroader 1999-12 pg. 120 Scale: N Author: Clayton Barry
Built into a 14' by 14' room, Ken Lass models both seashore and desert areas set in the 1960s.
Craig Goodwin's Commerce City Industrial Loop
Railroad Model Craftsman 1991-06 pg. 70 Scale: N Author: Charles Stevens, Bruce Nall
A group of guys built a layout that features a modern-day, busy industrial scene built into a garage, while still allowing access to the car.
Jeff Ashby's Chesapeake & Ohio Part II
N-Scale 2002-07/08 pg. 60 Scale: N Author: Dan Lewis
This second installment covers how Jeff deals with real coal in his coal-hauling layout, and how he hand-lays code 40 rail using glue.
Michael Kuehn's Railroad
Model Railroader 1978-02 pg. 120 Scale: N Author: Michael Kuehn
This is a 9-year-old's article on how a 4'x7' layout was transformed into a three-wall, around the wall layout was formed.
N Scale Mountain Action
Model Railroader 2003-11 pg. 86 Scale: N Author: Bernard Kempinski
This article describes the D&RGW's climb over Soldier Summit in Utah, and how he modeled it. Scale track plan is included, as well as several prototype photos.
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in N Scale
Model Railroader 1978-08 pg. 82 Scale: N Author: Louis Fols
A 9x11 room is used for this U-shaped layout. The author describes how he got back into the hobby
Pete Laier's N Scale B&M
Railroad Model Craftsman 1974-02 pg. 38 Scale: N Author: Dave Frary
A roughly U-shaped layout with continuous running taking up about 13 by 10 feet. Lots of photos of this very busy layout (28 industries).
The Dakota Northern Railroad
Model Railroader 2000-04 pg. 108 Scale: N Author: Olaf Melhouse
This around-the-wall with a peninsula layout has lots of space for staging, switching, and continuous loop operations. It fits in a 12 x 13 foot space in Fort Worth, Texas and models the Northern Dakota area set in 1975.
The N Scale Fitchburgh & Southbridge
Model Railroader 1988-02 pg. 92 Scale: N Author: Michael Tylick
This 4'6" by 10'8" layout features a continuous-running mainline and several branches with a main yard for lots of switching. Despite its size, the overall photos show an impressively grand view of the layout, with tall mountains. The photos are all in black&white, but the shots are dramatic.