Happy Labor Day 2025

Happy Labor Day 2025! This is from the PRR "Working Partners" by Jerome Rozen in 1946.

Number of Freight Cars vs. Layout Size

I just did a quick calculation for the number of freight cars vs. layout size. I'm coming up with 47 cars for the Cambridge Secondary Track layout.

You can do the same if you look at Joe Daniel Fugate's article from the October 2014 Model Railroad Hobbyist:

October 2014 Model Railroad Hobbyist

Paul Scot August's The Mondovi Line

Another great layout to look at is Paul Scot August's The Mondovi Line in HO Scale.

You can find his YouTube channel here:

The Mondovi Line

Happy 4th of July 2025!

Happy 4th of July!

Ringing Out Liberty N.C. Wyeth 1929, PRR collection

Mental Health & Model Railroading with Dan Dossa

Around The Layout Podcast & Ray Arnott Jr. hit another one out of the park with Episode #168 "Mental Health & Model Railroading with Dan Dossa." Listen to it here: 

Around the Layout Episode 168

Matt Forcum and his Metaline Falls Model Railroad

Here's a page I follow on Instagram: Matt Forcum's MFRailroad (Metaline Falls) model railroad:

MFRailroad

He also has a great YouTube page:

MFRailroad on YouTube

Tom Johnson's Cass County Railroad

If you haven't done so, check out the model railroad artist at the Tom Johnson's Cass County Railroad. You can find it on Facebook here:

Tom Johnson's Cass County RR

SoCal Scale Models

Another model railroader I follow on YouTube is SoCal Model Railroad. Look at Rick's page here:

SoCal Scale Models

His Corgi Benjamin is adorable too!

Around The Layout Podcast

Another suggestion from me: if you haven't done so already, go & sign-up & listen to Ray Arnott, Jr.'s Around The Layout podcast. You can find it here:

Around The Layout

There's also a fan page on Facebook:

Friends of the Around The Layout Podcast

Go listen!