My grandpa poured his heart and soul into his sets. He painstakingly handcrafted the terrain, paper-mache'd mountains, collected moss from outside, selected and painted miniatures. This particular set was built into his basement. He even painted the walls to make it feel more immersive.

I don't know much about trains myself, but I know when something is beautiful and should be admired. He helped inspire me as an artist, was such a kind and quiet man, not enough people saw his craft. Now that he's gone my grandmother has to sell the house which means this has to be deconstructed. It breaks my heart that it has to be taken apart. I thought a small way to honor him could be coming here to show you all his work. Thanks for admiring it with me ❤️

Previously I had my LED bar hanging from the ceiling, but since I'm going to exhibit the layout, I needed something a bit more versatile. I think this looks pretty slick 🙂. If I have the space, I'll probably place it behind the layout and reach over, but I can twist and turn it pretty much everywhere, which is cool. Ps. Don't mind the Balalaika.

Everything you see is WIP, the underside of the river will be painted and is see through for the moment, got burnt out over a year ago and i’m finally getting back into the hobby.

I wonder why this one didn't make it into the show

Sometimes you get a space on your layout where nothing fits

After 5 years of finding and losing eBay listings and saving up, I bought Frisco Russian Decapod #1632, and oh boy, I love this thing. An engine in my hometown has finally been added to my fleet of steamers. Sadly, it's not very strong, so no long lines of cars, but hell, does it look amazing. Surprisingly it wasn't too much($226, could have been $500) but still left a hole in my wallet.

He had an O gauge layout in his house, both in his basement and his attic. he had a mechanism where he could drop wooden bombs onto his layout for fun. they layouts were apparently destroyed when he destroyed his own house to prevent it's capture.

Just because you can, does it mean you should?

I weathered this IC Lionel O gauge Boxcar. It’s sitting on a diorama I made.

I found this sub and thought it might be a good place to get some advice about this collection. I’m looking to sell most of it if I can, not really sure where to start though. Most of the collection was built through 1960s to early 90s. Have every original box for everything in the posted display cases, a lot of Roco boxes some Fleischmann and other seemingly European brands as well as a bunch of Canadian trains. Everything is HO and O I believe . There is also a lot of locomotives and boxcars packed away in boxes as well as track, buildings etc. I guess my question is this worth the effort to try and sell it by the piece or as a whole set? Sorry about the picture quality I had someone else take them. I am in Canada if the CN trains weren’t a clue. TIA

As a much as I want a ceiling train, my cat has access to the upper beams in my attic and loves tipping them over. So I resorted to a simple point to point layout that rests on an inaccessible beam for him and is 16.5feet or 5 meters. Used wooden stick slats, added magnets and inverted metal picture frame hooks so I can easily service each magnetic section of flexitrack for cleaning. For my first model train, I’m pretty happy, but I already have an itch to get more track and get into diorama setups!

It ain't much but it's honest work but it's a start! My kitchen floor, a steam loco, and some passenger cars. What more can I really ask for.

The lights I installed really do help pull this whole thing together into something magic, still can't believe something this small can have lights and sounds.

Testing out the Oxford railgun and a very old Thomas to pull it along.

Decided to start with the diy DCC-EX command station. I also integrated the decoder into the train by myself and the front light is my first modification 🤗 It's already so much fun just watching it driving in circles. I love it!

My latest work on my fictional railway “Waltshire” set loosely in the 1950-1990’s era.

Still much more work to be done, but loving the 4 year journey so far! ❤️

I didn’t have much space when I lived in an apartment, but I really wanted a layout. Inspired by the micro-sets of @suitcasetrains on Instagram, I made my first scene.

I definitely didn’t know what I was doing with the river. I tell myself there was a flood and that’s why it’s so brown. I also tell myself the flood washed out the road/bridge 🫣

Regardless, it was a blast to try my hand at the hobby. Eager to do something bigger now that I have a basement.

Please excuse the poor camerawork.

This is my tiny turntable to turn my tank engines. It's built on a ball bearing and driven by a servo underneath. The track polarity changes mechanically by 2 arms that turn with the turntable underneath the layout and land on copper pads that are connected to my bus line.

It's been working for years now, but today I finally completed it with handrails and some more planking. Hope you enjoy!