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5 of the World’s Greatest Model Railways

Discover some of the longest model railways in the world. 1. Wunderland ‘“ Hamburg ‘“ Germany This model railway took 500,000 working hours and is stretched over 4km² with plans to increase this to 6km² in 2014. The model rail track runs for 9km at a cost of 7.3 million Euros. http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com 2. Loxx Model [...]

Model Railway Layouts

Before you start to build any model railway you need to decide on what model railway layout you are going to use. I am going to offer a number of resources that will help you to design and build the perfect model railway layout. First things first you need to beg, steal or buy a [...]

Model Railway Track Plans

Model railway track plans range from the tiniest Z-scale tabletop trains to backyard trains that you can actually ride on. The hobby of creating track plans for model railways is as attractive to adults as it is for children. Track plans can consist of a simple loop (popular underneath Christmas trees in North America) or [...]

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How to Get Started Building Model Train Layouts

The ride home from obtaining your first model train layout and accessories is an amazingly slow journey if you’re itching to get home and start running model trains. Fortunately, there are enough train enthusiasts that obtaining the things you need to build a model train layout is not difficult. But the steps of how to [...]

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Model Railway Track

Track pieces for model railways are designated by their ‘gauge’ which is the distance between the rails. For example, the popular HO scale train has track that is 5/8′ or 16.5 mm wide, and the scale of the rolling stock is 1:87.1. When you plan a model railway track layout, you need to be familiar [...]

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N Scale Model Railroading for Beginners

A lot of new modelers are confused between ‘scale’ and ‘gauge’. Oftentimes, they use these terms interchangeably but you see, these words mean two different things. The scale is defined as the proportion of the model (e.g. locomotive) in relation to a real train. On the other hand, gauge is defined as the distance between [...]

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