Model Railroad Layouts To Consider

One of the first most important steps before assembling your tracks and putting together your vegetation and scenery is deciding on what kind of a layout you would like. There are of course no rules to this when getting involved in the hobby of model trains, but knowing ahead of time where you are going will save you time, money and energy.

Oval Layout

This is your typical style. A large table space will accommodate this type of model railroad layout, but you need to make sure that your model train table will justify the needs of your track layout. You have to think primarily about the turn tracks and making sure that the space you use can facilitate the turns so that you train isn't awkward when going around the loops or gets derailed easily.

This can be as big as you want. Typically it starts with a 4 x 8 table top, and usually that's enough, but if you want more, you can double up 2 sheets of plywood for a really monstrous sized model railroad layout.

Suit Case Model Railroad Layout

This is a popular option as well that you will see at a lot of model train shows. It's literally a suit case that you can open up that has a complete, little world in it. These are a lot of fun, but are most commonly used with Z scale trains, because they are so small. The beauty of this is that you can easily take them anywhere you like and store them in your closet. Plus you can also make lots of these!

Model Railroad Layout Using The 'Shelf' Concept

This is another great option if you don't have much space to work with or don't want a big, hulking train set in the middle of your room. These are very popular now, and the idea is to display a working "model" of your train set. This is done on a narrow space that travels along your wall, and usually they can wrap around an entire room!