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Pete Smith’s Beautiful Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Pete Smith’s Beautiful Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Marvel at the scenic wonder and beautiful details on Pete Smith's 28’x20’ Sn3 narrow-gauge layout. Shays and Heislers crawl over the 125-foot loop-to-loop mainline servicing logging, mining and waterfront operations....
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Patrick Pope's Cotton Belt Model Railroad

Patrick Pope’s Cotton Belt Jonesboro Subdivision Model Railroad

Patrick brings first-hand railroad experience to model railroading. His HO scale Cotton Belt is a point-to-point railroad designed for operation. The yard represents Jonesboro, Arkansas with East St. Louis, Memphis, and Pine Bluff staging yards....
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Jerry Prott's N Scale Great Empire Railroad

Jerry Prott’s N Scale Great Empire Railroad

Jerry's amazing N scale Great Empire layout is an enormous 22'x46' with a 17’x6’ addition that serves as the passenger/freight yard. The double-track mainline is a scale 15 miles in length and the curves are a broad 30” and 36” radius....
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John Peluso's Frisco Lines Eastern Division Model Railroad

John Peluso’s Frisco Lines Eastern Division Model Railroad

John Peluso's beautiful 16'x30' HO scale double-deck Frisco layout features broad curves, rolling tree covered hills, two deck truss bridges, a helix, and five towns: Webster Groves, Rolla, St. James, Dillon, and Dixon....
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Herb Koenig's Cordite & Flatriver Model Railroad

Herb Koenig’s Cordite & Flatriver Model Railroad

Herb's Cordite & Flatriver is a freelance 3-foot narrow-gauge and standard-gauge HO scale model railroad set in the Colorado Mountains. The beauty of the Rocky Mountains is recreated on this 30’x18’ layout with scenery that reaches from knee-level to above eye-level....
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Rick Pfarr's Northern and Western Model Railroad

Rick Pfarr’s Northern and Western Model Railroad

Rick's 24'x13' HO scale double track folded dog-bone track plan supports two continuously running trains. Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and Frisco power from 1935-1965 travel through five towns, over the prairie, and into the Rocky Mountains....
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Joyce and David Silverman’s Silver Valley Lines Model Railroad

Joyce and David Silverman’s Silver Valley Lines Model Railroad

The HO scale Silver Valley Lines, the “Route of the Vitis Vinifera” (Route of the Nobel Grapes), is a joint effort of Joyce and David Silverman. The layout fills a 14'x22' space with a 20'x2' staging area. The three distinct areas on this modern-era layout includes towns, industries, ...
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John Garavaglia's Missouri Pacific Eastern Division Railroad

John Garavaglia’s Missouri Pacific Eastern Division Railroad

John Garavaglia loved the MoPac as a child and has captured it in his O scale 30'x25' layout. This layout models the Missouri Pacific from the downtown St. Louis yard to the small town of Pacific, Missouri and features the city of Kirkwood in 1955....
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Bob Lenz' Colorado Western & Aspen Junction Model Railroads

Bob Lenz’ Colorado Western & Aspen Junction Model Railroads

Two railroads operate on Bob's beautiful layout, the HO standard gauge Colorado Western and the HOn3 narrow gauge Aspen Junction. Each railroad is based on the prototype Colorado Midland. The standard gauge Colorado Western runs from Leadville through Hellgate past Thomasville, where ...
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Gene Coffman's Mound City & Western Model Railroad

Gene Coffman’s Mound City & Western Model Railroad

Gene Coffman has spent 10 years creating a layout based on his childhood experiences. His 20x30 foot HO scale Mound City & Western represents the areas around St. Louis, East St. Louis, and Rolla....
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Dave Lyon's Downe & Audt Line Model Railroad

Dave Lyon’s Downe & Audt Line Model Railroad

The HO scale Downe & Audt Line Railroad takes two rooms of Dave Lyon's basement. This detailed railroad uses radio DCC control to operate trains through mountain, town, and city scenes that display Dave's modeling skills and humor....
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Bob Weinman's Harbor Point & Western Railroad

Bob Weinman’s Harbor Point & Western Railroad

Bob’s HO layout uniquely combines his two hobbies, model railroading and boating. A beautiful harbor scene is the highlight of this fine layout. It is alive with activity from the fisherman straining to haul his large net on to the wharf, to an open-air seafood restaurant. Surrounding...
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