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Layout Profile:

Design Feature:

- Continuous Run Option

- Folding Designs

- Freight Yard (Small)

- Helix

- Interchange

- Loads In / Out

- Modular Benchwork

- Round House

- Switch-Back

- Train Elevator

- Urban Scenery

Layout Size:

- Micro Layouts

- Mini Layouts

- Compact Layouts

- Small Layouts

- Medium Layouts

- Large Layouts

Staging Options:

- Car Float

- Cassette Staging

- Drop Down

- Fiddle Track

- Sector Plate

- Staging Yards

- Turn Table (Train Length)

Theme:

- Branch Line Railway

- Canadian Prairies

- Coal Haulers

- End of Line Station

- Engine Terminals

- Industrial Park / District

- Industrial Railway

- Logging Railway

- Maine 2-Footers

- Mainline Trains

- Military Railways

- Mining

- Narrow Gauge Railway

- Passenger Service

- Regional / Short Line Railway

- Scenic (Bridges)

- Single Industry

- Single Station / Town

- Steam Excursion Trains

- Switching Operations

- Terminal Railway

- Urban Industrial Railway

- Waterfront

- Yard Operations

Type:

- No Turnout Layout

- 1 Turnout Layout

- 2 Turnout Layout

- 3 Turnout Layout

- Based on Actual Location(s)

- Beginner Layout

- Inglenook

- No Run-Around Track

- Time Saver Design

- Tuning Fork


Locations:

Canada (Provinces):

- Alberta

- British Columbia

- Manitoba

- New Brunswick

- Nova Scotia

- Ontario

- Prince Edward Island

- Saskatchewan

Other:

- Australia

- France

- United Kingdom

USA (Regions):

- Mid-West

- New England

- Northwest

- Southwest

USA (States):

- Arizona

- Arkansas

- California

- Colorado

- Flordia

- Georgia

- Illinois

- Indiana

- Iowa

- Kentucky

- Louisiana

- Maine

- Michigan

- Milwaukee

- Nebraska

- Nevada

- New York

- North Carolina

- Ohio

- Oregon

- Pennsylvania

- South Carolina

- Tennessee

- Texas

- West Virginia

- Wisconsin


Prototype:

American Railways:

- Almanor Railroad (Collins Pine Company)

- Arizona Eastern Railroad

- Boston & Maine RR

- Burlington Northern

- Central Pacific RR

- Chicago & North Western RR

- CSX

- Dallas, Garland, & Northeastern RR

- Delaware & Hudson RR

- Delta Valley & Southern Railway

- Erie RR

- Escanaba & Lake Superior RR

- Florida Central RR

- Florida East Coast Ry

- Gilpin Tramway

- Kendallville Terminal RR

- Lapeer Industrial RR

- Maine Central RR

- Middleburgh & Schoharie RR

- Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR

- New York Central RR

- Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway

- Palmetto Brick Company Ry

- Penn Central

- Pennsylvania Railroad

- Railserve

- Reading Blue Mountain & Northern RR

- Reading Company

- Sacramento Northern

- Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR

- Santa Fe

- Soo Line

- South Carolina Central RR

- Southern Pacific RR

- Stewartstown RR

- Tallulah Falls Ry

- Texas & New Orleans Railway

- Warrenton Railroad Company

- Western Maryland Ry

- Wisconsin & Southern RR

British Railways:

- Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Ry

Canadian Railways:

- Canadian National Ry

- Canadian Pacific Ry

- Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Ry

- Dominion Atlantic Ry

- Dominion Steel & Coal Corporation (DOSCO)

- Prairie Dog Central Railway

- Sydney & Louisburg Coal & Railway Co

- Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO)


Prototype Info:

Paperwork:

- Switch List

- Time Table

- Train Order

- Waybill

Track Design:

- Superelevation


Topics:

Articles:

- Layout Design

- Minimalist Approach to Layout Design

- Operating Small Layouts

- Railway You Can Model

- Room Preparations

My Projects:

- Nova Scotia Railway

- Sydney & Louisburg Coal & Railway Co

Structure Plans:

- Engine Houses

- Small Sheds / Buildings

Types of Industries:

- Automotive Assembly Plants

- Bakeries

- Breweries

- Brick Works

- Cigarette Plant

- Clay Processing Plants

- Coal Mines

- Coke Plant

- Cotton Processing Plants

- Ethanol Plant

- Factories

- Fertilizer Companies

- Logging Camps

- Manufacturing Plant

- Ore Concentrator

- Pulp and Paper Mills

- Pulpwood Dealer

- Quarries

- Railcar / Locomotive Maintenance Centre

- Sawmills

- Smelther Complex

- Steel Mill (Small)

- Steel Plant

- Wharves