N scale track plans

It's amazing how much you could fit in N scale layouts 2x4. If you have the patience and dexterity, you could come up with truly amazing creations.

Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.

Here's a wide variety of model railroad track plans for beginners.

When you live in an apartment, as I did when I designed the Southern Ry. Spartanburg Subdivision, you might think you have no space for a layout. But where there’s a will, there’s a right-of-way. My N scale Spartanburg Subdivision is ­3′-0″ x 5′-6″ and less than a foot in height. Rather than legs, the [...]Read More...

Collection of 4x8 dimension N Scale model train layouts including double loop, helix and Kato Unitrack

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Just because a model railroad track plan illustration is pleasing to look at from an artistic standpoint doesn't mean that it's a viable design. Read on... When you look at a published track plan in a periodical, are you drawn in by its artistic qualities or the viability of the design? Without question there are some gifted illustrators working for the hobby press. They can take any back-of-a-napkin track plan sketch and transform it into a veritable Rembrandt.

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One of the easiest and best ways to get started in model railroading is with a 4x8 train layout in HO scale. Get some track planning ideas here.

This or a similar layout can be built for your trains.Specializing in small to medium model train layouts.Most of the layouts built are N scale and some Z.Ka...

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Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.

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Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.

This is my never ending layout. It's a 3'x7' double track oval with various sidings. Significant progress has been made, but there were also many mistakes made. I need to rewire all the track for starters. I also am not too happy with the overall design. This layout is probably going to be dismantled soon to make room for a bigger one. I am trying to come up with ways to incorporate this into a larger layout, salvaging whatever I can. Follow the blog for the building of this layout, and…

Attics with sloping walls always present a challenge, because not only does the room get narrower as it reaches good operating height but the slope limits access to track and scenery toward the back of the benchwork. David's room was long but narrow, so it was very important to plan with the sloping walls in mind.

Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.

Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.