There is a popular term amongst model railroaders known as "Givens and Druthers". This refers to a list of "Givens" (har...

The track is laid down now, so this is the final track plan.  My goal was to create an operationally interesting design without filling u...

Having just completed wiring the layout, I decided to switch a few cars around just to test that everything is working properly.  The track ...

UPDATE: The Name of the Railroad has changed slightly. More details here. You know what one of the toughest decisions I've had to make...

The January 2012 issue of Model Railroader magazine is out now and the project railroad featured is once again a 4X8 foot layout. I hate 4...

Alrighty, this is pretty close to the final track plan for the MFTR. (EDIT: Turns out it wasn't even close.) A larger version can...

I took a nice little vacation for myself last week and spent it building the vast majority of the benchwork for my little model railroad.  I...