Layout Tours

Scale: HOn3 & HO These beautiful HOn3 Rio Grande Southern and HO Milwaukee Road Shullsburg layouts are certainly well known by those who read many of the popular model railroading magazines. Both layouts are 100% ‘Photo finished’ and as such, provide a ton of viewing and photo opportunities. The layouts have been used as a basis to author numerous articles on … [Read more...] about Rio Grande Southern Lizard Head Division

Scale: HOn3 & HOn30 The Denver & Rio Grande Southern, along with Gilpin, James Peak and Middle Park Railway have trackage rights on this layout. The layout features many twilight scenes to showcase scale illumination. Several buildings are equipped with HO window sized neon lighted signs and scale lanterns and yard lights are everywhere. Many buildings have interior … [Read more...] about Rio Grande Southern/GJP&MPRY

Scale: HOn3 If you ever walked the RGS right-of-way, you'll appreciate what the layout owner is attempting to recreate on a large scale. The large mural style hand-painted backdrops gives the viewer the feeling of Colorado's mountains and bright blue skies. Construction began in August of 2016 and will probably continue well into the next century, as the layout owner … [Read more...] about RGS/D&RGW, Ridgway – Durango

Scale: HO/HOn3 Placed in the Black Hills of South Dakota in the Autumn of 1903, this layout represents the prototypical operation of a C&NWRR subsidiary with its dual and narrow gauge rail service to gold mining and milling operations based out of Deadwood, South Dakota, and extending up the gulches to the west. The layout is photo-finished and “complete” with full … [Read more...] about Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad