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Model Railroading in Small Spaces
My focus is on building small and portable model railroads, usually in N scale. Come explore some of my recent projects.
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Complete On30 Layout Build
The video below shows the complete start-to-finish build of this small On30 train layout. This layout is only about 25” by 28” in size...

Stephen Strum
Jul 29, 20241 min read


Finishing Up the Big Pine Mine On30 Project Layout
I’ve wrapped up the On30 Project Layout. See how I finished up the scenery and wrapped up this project! I‘ll have a full start-to-finish...

Stephen Strum
Jul 23, 20241 min read


The Mine for the Big Pine Mine Layout
The small On30 Big Pine Mine Railroad finally has a mine! I built the mine using the Little Creek Mining Company kit from Banta Model...

Stephen Strum
Jul 9, 20241 min read


On30 Project Layout Part 2: Building the Base Scenery
I’ve completed the base scenery on the On30 layout. I built a mountain out of sulptamold covered foam, built base areas for the structures, ballasted the track, built some cribbing in places and filled in the ravine, painted the layout base, and stained the rock work. I’ve also temporarily added some nice ponderosa pines from scenic express to give you an idea of what the completed layout will look like. The mine structure is under construction now, and the next video in this

Stephen Strum
May 13, 20241 min read


A Model Train Yule Log
I put together a video with one hour of trains running on some of the layouts I built during the past decade along with background...

Stephen Strum
Dec 21, 20221 min read


Bachmann On30 Norman Rockwell Christmas Trolley Set
Here is a video on the Bachmann On30 Norman Rockwell Christmas Trolley Set. This is a battery powered set that has a point-to-point track...

Stephen Strum
Dec 16, 20221 min read
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