In the January 2025 issue of Model Railroader magazine, Contributing Editor Lou Sassi paid a visit to the Youngstown Model Railroad Association ... grade is 2%. The HO scale layout, built with ...

In non-model train speak, he explained, think of one scale mile as "if you were a tiny figure on the layout, and you walked 30 miles on the layout." Basically, a lot. By his account, he and his ...

When space is limited, choosing a smaller model train scale is often the best option. HO and N scales are popular ... illusion of a longer track. Oval or figure-eight layouts also work well ...