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Category Description: Small layouts.

A Visit to Ken Lawrence's Westchester Northern  
Railroad Model Craftsman 2003-03 Ken Lawrence pg. 54 Scale: HO

A J-shaped shelf freelanced layout in an apartment. It features a suburban New York electric commuter line. The layout is very thin, but with the scenery it looks much bigger. A track plan is included.

My HOn3 Rio Grande Lande  
Narrow Gauge And Short Line Gazette 2007-01/02 Robert Susanka pg. 20 Scale: HOn3

The author describes his 4' by 10' layout as a large diorama. Beautiful scenery set in the 1950's Colorado.

The HO Scale Arizona Southern  
Model Railroader 1996-09 Terry Fearn pg. 88 Scale: HO

This 9' by 9' free-lanced layout is set in 1908 in southeastern Arizona. Includes photos and a trackplan.

The Kanawha Valley RR  
Model Railroader 1989-02 Bill Baumann pg. 130 Scale: HO

Building a small West Virginia-based layout for the son of a friend.

The Southall Division of the Boston & Maine  
Railroad Model Craftsman 2006-07 Leon Woziak, Mike Tylick pg. 48 Scale: HO

A group of friends worked on this hobby shop layout (Maine Trains, South Chelmsford, MA). Features nice detail and a track plan to keep trains running.

Visiting the Hampshire County R.R.  
Railroad Model Craftsman 2003-01 Charles Gartrell pg. 60 Scale: HO

An L-shaped, freelanced layout measuring 5 ft by 12 ft featuring the times of the Great Depression shows that a small layout can still provide lots of fun.

Visiting the Sicamous R.R.  
Railroad Model Craftsman 1996-05 John R. Kennedy pg. 48 Scale: HO

The author describes the history of this L-shaped layout that he built out of two modules, with an added return loop in a closet.


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