Area Model Railroad Layouts

MANY ACCOMPLISHED LOCAL MODEL RAILROADS
Cincinnati Division 7 is blessed with an abundance of quality model railroads with over 50 featured in popular model railroad magazines, including 17 published so far in Model Railroader magazine's prestigious annual Great Model Railroads. Click here to see a summary of all the local layouts photographed by noted modeler, photographer and author Lou Sassi and featured in Firecrown (formerly Kalmbach) magazines (MR, GMR, MRP).

CLUBS and SOCIETIES
Go to the Area Clubs page to get a complete listing, descriptions and contacts for the many rail and model rail clubs in our area.

LAYOUT VIDEOS
Go to the Layout Videos page for links to YouTube videos of some of our local layouts.

LAYOUT LISTS and PHOTOS
Below are lists of most of the many layouts in our area, including scale(s) and publications, classified into 3 groups: Clubs and Museums, Indoor Home Layouts and Garden Railways. Over 85 layouts have an attached photo collage. Click on the underlined bold name links to see those pics. All photos are by John Burchnall except some by EnterTrainment Junction, Tom Patterson, Randy Kerka and Jim Rollwage in their respective layout collages, plus a Cinder Sniffer photo by Ruth Anne Burchnall.

• Ray Faragher Mt. View at Behringer-Crawford Mus. (G) GMR 2003
• Black Diamond Lines (HO)
• Cincinnati Northern Model Railroad Club (HO) MRP 2012
• Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society (G)
• Queen City Hi-Railers Club (O-27)
• Cincinnati Model Railway Club - Cincinnati & West Virginia RR + Harmony Creek & Southern (O)
• CUT (Cincinnati Union Terminal) Holiday Junction (O)
• CUT Historical Society Layout + Railroad Club Tower A (S) MR
• Cinder Sniffers' Live Steam Railroad (1" etc.)
• The Eastern Loggers Pennsylvania Logging Layout (HO/HOn3) GMR 1998, RMC, NMRA, MR - moved to the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum
• EnterTrainment Junction's Huge Indoor Layout (G) MR - dismantled and moving to new transportation museum in Chattanooga, TN
• HAVOC 1923 Ohio Secondary Railroad Line (HO)
• Ohio Valley Sipping & Switching Society (OVSSS) (HO)
• Queen City N-Gineers (N)
• Ross Rails Model Railroad Club (HO)
• Tri-State N-Trak's Modular Layout (N)

• Bob Adams N&W Railway Whistle Creek Div. (N) NMRA
• Gerry Albers Deep Water District Virginian Ry (HO) GMR '14, MRP '05
• Greg Albert Steel Mill Layout (portable) (N) MR
• Mark Albert Cincinnati Street Cars (portable) (HO) MR
• Roy Allan Western Division of the Rio Grande Southern (Fn3) MR
• Kevin Barrett Freelance Appalachian Railroad (HO)
• Bob Bartizek Pennsylvania & Western RR (O) OS, RMC, MRH, MR
• Chuck Behymer Colorado & Western (HO)
• Jack Berry Big Sandy Railroad (HO)
• Ed Bley PRR Monongahela Branch (HO) RMJ
• Larry Bonhaus Laurence & St. Andrews RR (PRR) (N)
• Bill Bramlage O-27 Railroad O video
• Tom Brueggeman, MMR Denver & Rio Grande Western (HOn3)
• Scott Caldwell PRR - Altoona & Horseshoe Curve  (HO)
• Kent Campbell HO Layout
• Ric Case East Broad Top RR + Stinkin Creek Branch (HOn3/HO)
• Bob Chapman Great Western Trunk RR (HO, On30)
• Tim Cook Louisville & Nashville (HO)
• Keith Corman Cincinnati, Louisville & St. Louis (HO)
• Rick Crumrine Waynesburg & Wash. (PRR) (HO) GMR '03, MR, RMJ
• Georgia Dahlberg, MMR Southern Pacific (HO) 
• Dave Davenport Clinchfield RR (HO) MR
• Bob Davis PRR - Little Miami Sub (HO)
• Steve Dishion Union Pacific (N)
• Donald Docter Layout (HO)
• Bill Doll Forest Park Southern Railroad (HO) MR (twice)
• Tom Dunn Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (HO)
• Bill Edwards South Eastern Central (HO)
• Philip Elliott Layout (HO)
• Chuck Endreola Colorado Midland (HO)
• Larry Fabiano Tinplate and Trolleys (O, S) article
• Frank Fieler West Virginia Logging (HO) MR
• Pete Forbes Pennsylvania RR - North Philadelphia (HO)
• Jim Gaines Interstate Railroad (HO)
• Howard Goldberg Tinplate Layout (O)
• Larry Goodridge Layouts - WWII, Old West - (O, HO, N) CTT
• Ron Gribler, MMR Freelanced Eastern Lines Layout (O) 
• Dan Hadley Sierra Northern (HO)
• Ned Hoeltzer Huge Lionel O-27 Layout
• Pat Homan Northern Colorado & Omaha / D&IS Ry (HO/HOn3)
• Neal Horning Suesport and SE Carry RR (HO) GMR '03
• Bill Horstmann Twin Valley & Meadow Ridge RR (HO)
• Merlyn Jarman Cincinnati, St. Louis & Western (S)
• Brad Jonas Schrader Creek Railroad (HO)
• Allan Jones Louisville & Nashville (HO)
• Terry Judd New Haven (N)
• Frank Kammer Tinplate Layout (O HiRail)
• Dave Keith Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes (Sn2, 1")
• Randy Kerka West Chester & Southern Railroad (N)
• Bruce Knapp ATSF and Cimarron-Northern (HO/HOn3)
• Ed Knecht Louisville & Nashville (HO)
• Bob Kress Kentucky Central (HO) MR
• Ed Kuhr West Virginia Southern (HO) RMJ
• David Lamb Western Ohio Peavine Division (HO)
• Curt LaRue Pennsylvania RR Panhandle Div (HO) GMR '11, RMJ
• Bob Lawson Southern Railway (HO) MR, GMR, Video
• Don Leedy Utah South Western & UP (HO)
• Don Leedy Lionel Tinplate (O-27)
• Ray Linesch Layout (HO)
• John Listermann B&O Christianson, Cynthianna & Thomasville (HO) RMJ, MR
• Paul Maciulewicz Southern Pacific Lordsburg Sub-Division (HO)
• Tom Mack Burlington Route - Lines East (HO)
• Dan Mack Ohio Valley & Eastern (HO) MM
• Dennis Malloy Cincinnati & Lake Erie (HO) MR
• Bill Mense Virginia - Chesapeake & Ohio (N, Live Steam)
• Tony Michel 2-rail O scale B&O + On3 Eastern Loggers GMR '99, '04
• Paul Miklos B&O Ohio Division (N)
• John Miller Kanawha & Lake Erie (HO) RMJ
• Bruce Minturn Lebanon Northern & Santa Fe (HO)
• Steve Montgomery B&O Carol Valley RR (HO) MR
• Dave Nenna Tehachapi Subdivision (N) MR
• Walter Norman HO Scale E&W RR (Buckeye Station)
• Bob O'Hearn Freelance N Layout
• Gary Ossenschmidt Midwest & Miami Valley RR's (HO, N)
• Phil Palmer Baltimore & Ohio (N)
• Sam Parfitt Great Northern RR (HO) RMJ
• Tom Patterson Chesapeake, Wheeling & Erie RR (HO) RMC, MRH
• Ron Pearson East Broad Top RR (HO/HOn3) MR
• Stephanie Pendergrass Santa Fe & Western (HO)
• Scott Pennel Northeastern Railroads (HO)
• Noah Powers Pennsylvania Limited (HO) Newspaper
• Dave Puthoff Cheviot & Ohio (HO) MR, NMRA
• Stephen Rineair Norfolk & Western Railway (HO)
• Jim Rollwage Denver Pacific (UP) (HO) MRG, MR
• Mike Rottenberger Whitesburg & Westwood RR (O HiRail))
• Randy Seiler B&O/PC Cincinnati West (HO) MRH
• Michael Shannon Freelance Layout (O HiRail)
• Bob Shaw Chesapeake & Ohio Little Miami Division (HO)
• Bob Shreve Layout (HO)
• Sam Shreve PRR/B&O (HO)
• Jack Sibert Clearview Valley RR (HO)
• Perry Simpson L&N's KY & Cumberland Valley Sub (HO) GMR '12
• Greg Simpson West Midlands Railways (OO) GMR '12, MR
• Bo Sis Penn. RR and Beaver Valley & Western (HO) MR
• Todd Smalley C&O Monroe Division (HO) NMRA, MR
• Matt & Debie Snell Conrail New Jersey Division (HO) GMR '06
• Patrick Stanley Southern Pacific - Donner Pass (HO) RMJ
• Rick Stern ATSF (HO) MR
• Jim Stewart Port Arthur Railway & Navigation Company (HO)
• Andre Stone NS First District (HO)
• Jerry Strangarity Reading+N. Schuylkill & Hilldale (HO) GMR'03, 2xMR
• Ed Swain Pennsylvania RR (HO) MR (twice)
• Sam Swanson, MMR Greenbrier & Lost River (On30, HOn3) GZ, NMRA
• Jerry Tarvid Modern Era Layout (N)
• Mike Tener Appalachian Layout (HO)
• Greg Traut Layout (HO)
• Tony Valerius Chessie/CSX Transition Era (HO)
• Keith VandeStadt Suffolk Northern Railway (HO)
• Jim Vaughan Layout (N)
• Tom Vogt Freelance Layout (HO)
• Michael Wardrep Layout (HO)
• Peter Weiglin Ohio & Erie (HO)
• David Wendt Norfolk & Western (HO) MR
• Alfred Wienstroer Layout (HO)
• Dave Wilson Norfolk & Western (HO)
• Anton Zillich Norfolk Southern, Grand Trunk, DTI  (HO)

• Bob Ampulski's Garden Railway & Classic Lionel (G, O-27)
• Tim and Jan Boone's Amberly Northern Railway
• Pat and Mary Jo Berding's Garden Railway
• Dan & Robin Bisig's D&R Scenic RR
• Bruce and Barb Bowden's BB&B Railroad
• Ray and Grace Budinger's Sycamore Creek Railroad (GR)
• Steve & Karen Carr's Buckeye Springs Railway
• Mark and Kim Connelly's Cableland Railway
• David and Lori Demoss' HairBall and DogDrool RR
• Chris and Bev Deye's Brittany Ridge & Muddy Creek RR
• Randy Folmer's Garden Railway
• Don and Ann Furnish's White Oak & Western Railroad
• Jack and Kathie Griffin's Grandymon Lake Railroad
• Bill and Betsy Hall's Hall's Home Grown Railroad
• Ron and Dee Hill's Big Maple Railroad
• Stu and Sandra Holder's Holderville & Smithtown RR
• Ray and Charlotte Hughes's Skyridge Railroad (GR)
• John and Martha Lange's Clear Creek District (GR)
• Rich and Paula Lippert's Garden Railway
• Karl and Connie Lippowitsch's The Brass Rail
• Daniel List's List Great Bend Railway
• Ray and Carol MacNab's Garden Railway
• Jim and Jane Matchett's J & J Railroad
• Tom and Debbie Mathews's Calico Mountain Railway
• Dan & Lynn Meiners' Garden Railway
• Don and Gayle Oeters' Great Western Reserve RR (G, S)
• Allan & Liz Pantle's Midwestern & Rainbow Tunnel RR
• Larry and Nancy Ratliff's Garden Railway
• Walter and Gerry Reuszner's Garden Railway
• Zachery Riggins' Rigginsville RR
• Norm and Carolyn Robinson's C & N Twin Falls RR
• Scot & Nancee Rodgers' Gnome Forest Line
• Mark & Gayle Salibury's Little Miami, Newport & Ohio
• Jim Schrimpf's Garden Railway
• Bill Sprague's Garden Railway
• Dan and Pam Stenger's Cranberry & Linville River RR (NMRA, GR)
• Blair and Tina Thompson's White Pass & Yukon
• Ray and Eileen Torbeck's Glendale Garden Long Line RR
• Rob and Diane Vorbroker's Mason Creek Railroad
• Don and Donna Yetzer's The English Garden Railway