OO Scale British outline Ruston Light Railway model railway micro ‘layout in a box’ now fully operational, and scenery progressing along nicely. After doing a lot of work on the Ruston Light Railway micro layout, I have now finished the Read more…
How small can a micro layout be in HO/OO scale, using ready to run locos and cars, and standard track, and still be interesting to operate? A lot of Micro layouts I’ve seen on the internet that cram a lot Read more…
In March 2020, I had 4 weeks of Long Service Leave. I still had more than a month on the NSW Trainlink Discovery Pass that I used on my previous railway holiday. So I decided to book some journeys served Read more…
High rise model railroading, 2 HO scale micro layouts in 4 square feet using a bookshelf Since my last blog post, I have been enjoying operating my 3 micro layouts, but have also been busy with minimising layout space. To Read more…
Continuing conversion of single model railroad to multiple micro modules in HO scale. Following the Pizza Layout reaching operational status and it’s scenery being more or less finished (except for extra detailing work), I recently got the Box Street 4×1 Read more…
Pizza and 4×1 feet HO scale micro layouts for minimal space model railroading. 4×1 feet micro layout plan finalised, track laying started. Pizza Layout scenery. Over the last couple of weeks I have made good progress on the first 1200mm Read more…
Big model railroad layouts equal big headaches to move, small or micro layouts lessen the brain strain! With the possibility of a house move, even a long distance one, always threatening on the horizon, I had only recently finished the Read more…
Making my HO scale model railroad Dolton Junction module a junction in more than just name increases operating interest. Ever since the Dolton Junction module was built some years ago it was nearly always a non-operational “junction”. That is, a Read more…
A visit to my layout by a local model railroader motivates me to complete some half finished model railroad layout projects. There’s nothing like a visit by a fellow model railroader to motivate someone to pay some close attention to Read more…
Railway holidays travelling on most of the regional passenger railways in the Australian state of New South Wales in 2018. Between railway holidays from October 2018 through March 2019, I have managed to travel to or through almost every railway Read more…