Layouts That Have Inspired Me
- Stephen Strum
- Oct 3, 2023
- 1 min read
A look at some of the layouts that have inspired me during my modeling career. While these are all great layouts, this isn't a list of the best layouts or anything like that, just a list of layouts that have influenced my modeling in one way or another.
These are the layouts:
Malcom Furlow’s HOn3 Scale San Juan Central: https://www.trains.com
Lou Sassi’s HO Scale Contoocook: https://amzn.to/3Rt6EQR
Dave Vollmer’s N Scale Juanita Division: http://www.thevollmerfamily.com/Pennsy/about.html
David Popp’s N Scale Naugatauck: https://www.trains.com Related
Lance Mindheim’s HO Scale East Rail and Palmetto Spur: https://lancemindheim.com/model-railroads/east-rail/ Related Book: How to Build a Switching Layout: https://amzn.to/3ZtkpRq
Norm Charbeneaus’s O Scale Layout: https://www.youtube.com/@normstrains
You can watch the video below.
Hi, I've been watching your videos recently and am looking to get back into railroad modeling (I've done a couple HO and N layouts and dioramas) and was thinking of starting with a diorama or 2. Then I figured for my first I might do something for this O gauge switcher I have on a bare piece of track in my office. I'm not so much into O gauge but it's a sentimental piece. All that to ask if perhaps you had some ideas for an appropriate scene for a switcher in a tiny space (probably a trianglular shelf 21"x21" or a 20"x18" square). The bare gravel and grass of a switch yard might be kinda boring.
Always inspiring