Layout Visits

These videos feature model railroads from around the country.
Youngstown Model Railroad Association’s HO scale layout

Youngstown Model Railroad Association’s HO scale layout

In the January 2025 issue of Model Railroader magazine, Contributing Editor Lou Sassi paid a...

Operating Behind the Scenes | La Mesa Model Railroad Club’s Tehachapi Subdivision

Operating Behind the Scenes | La Mesa Model Railroad Club’s Tehachapi Subdivision

Operating Behind the Scenes | La Mesa Model Railroad Club's Tehachapi Subdivision | Join Model...

Exclusive Layout Extra | Final ride along the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy in HO scale

Exclusive Layout Extra | Final ride along the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy in HO scale

Final ride along the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy | In this salute to Model Railroader...

Climbing over La Mesa Model Railroad Club’s Tehachapi Subdivision

Climbing over La Mesa Model Railroad Club’s Tehachapi Subdivision

Climbing over La Mesa Model Railroad Club's Tehachapi Subdivision | In this Trains.com Video Exclusive...

Harvey Simon’s HO F Line traction layout

Harvey Simon’s HO F Line traction layout

Harvey Simon’s HO F Line traction layout is set in modern-day San Francisco, re-creating the...

Brian Sheron’s Long Island Rail Road

Brian Sheron’s Long Island Rail Road

Brian Sheron’s Long Island Rail Road is a 27 x 48-foot HO scale model railroad...

Sam Foster’s Owl Cove Lumber Co. in O scale

Sam Foster’s Owl Cove Lumber Co. in O scale

Enjoy a glimpse of 1930s-era logging operations on Sam Foster's 6 x 40-foot On30 (1:48)...

Drew James’ Canada, Spokane & Pacific RR in HO scale

Drew James’ Canada, Spokane & Pacific RR in HO scale

Drew James' CS&P HO scale model railroad portrays a bridge line operation connecting Burlington Northern...

Steve Miazga’s N scale Missabe Junction operating session

Steve Miazga’s N scale Missabe Junction operating session

Enjoy an insider's look at an informal operating session hosted on Steve Miazga's N scale...

Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern

Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern

Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern Kalispell Division is set in Montana in the late...

Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western

Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western

Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western Pocahontas Division layout is set in southern West...

David Parks’ Cumberland West in HO scale

David Parks’ Cumberland West in HO scale

David Parks' Cumberland West in HO scale | In this Trains.com Video exclusive, modeler David...

Jerry Strangarity’s Reading Co. in HO scale

Jerry Strangarity’s Reading Co. in HO scale

Jerry Strangarity's Reading Co. in HO scale last appeared in the November 2010 issue of...

Lou Sassi’s On30 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes on-board video view

Lou Sassi’s On30 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes on-board video view

Take a ride along the rails of Lou Sassi's On30 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes...

Central Vermont Rwy. Southern Division in HO scale

Central Vermont Rwy. Southern Division in HO scale

Central Vermont Railway Southern Division in HO scale | In Northern California's San Francisco Bay...

Pacific Southern Railway in HO scale

Pacific Southern Railway in HO scale

With a mainline run of more than 1,000 feet, this freelanced HO scale (1:87.1) club...

Greg Albert’s Portable Steel Mill in N scale

Greg Albert’s Portable Steel Mill in N scale

This small, portable N scale (1:160) layout is designed to create a big impression. To...

Jack Burgess’ Yosemite Valley Railroad in HO scale

Jack Burgess’ Yosemite Valley Railroad in HO scale

Jack Burgess’ Yosemite Valley Railroad in HO scale | Jack Burgess, a dedicated model railroad...

John Grosner’s New Haven Derby Junction in HO scale

John Grosner’s New Haven Derby Junction in HO scale

First showcased in the April 2009 issue of Model Railroader, John Grosner’s HO scale (1:87.1)...

Dave Wendt’s Norfolk & Western in HO scale

Dave Wendt’s Norfolk & Western in HO scale

Watch trains steaming through the builder's depiction of coal operations in Virginia and West Virginia...