Around The Layout - A Model Railroad Podcast
Join us as we bring you stories from model railroaders just like you. We talk to enthusiasts across the hobby and learn about their beginnings, challenges, accomplishments and ultimately what excites and motivates them. Come hang out with us Around The Layout and be inspired to create your own model railroading story to share.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 254
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
John Parker and the BNSF Fall River Division
Coming to us from northern Colorado - seemingly a hotbed of model railroading, is the creator of the BNSF Fall River Division, John Parker. John shares his model railroading story with us, from humbl…
01:03:52 |
Tue 24 Oct 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - October 2023 - Tony Cook & Rob Kluz
On this edition of What's Happening In Model Railroading, we step into the 1:220 world as Ztrack Magazine's Rob Kluz tells us all about Z scale. Rob shares how military modeling started his near 40 y…
00:53:49 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Dave Owens and The Vernon CT Model Train Show
Dave Owens from the Amherst Railway Society joined me to record a special on the upcoming Vernon Train Show happening on October 29, 2023 in Vernon, CT. It's good to see a smaller format train show b…
00:20:58 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Ron Klaiss and the Mine Mount & Seaside
Anyone who has listened long enough to the show knows my affinity for cottage industry, so it was a thrill to talk to Ron Klaiss about his model railroading journey that led to the launch of Mine Mou…
01:01:31 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
William Sampson and the SOO Milwaukee Road
Comedy and model railroading - the two definitely can go together, especially when you start talking to the very funny William Sampson! William makes his return to ATLP to tell his model railroading …
01:17:28 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading Special - Tony Cook and Lucy Dormont
One of the big announcements following the NMRA National Convention in Texas was the hiring of Lucy Dormont as the new Social Media Director for the National Model Railroad Association. With this bre…
00:53:02 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Mike Landis and the MKT Sedalia Subdivision
As the author of Show Me Katy, Mike Landis has taken his childhood experience with the MKT Sedalia Subdivision and turned it into a passion that has led not only to writing the book Show Me Katy, but…
00:56:23 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
Michael Gross and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
There's something really cool when you find out that someone you watched on television and in movies is a fellow model railroader. Tonight I had the privilege to learn more about Michael Gross, the m…
01:09:05 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - September 2023 - Tony Cook & Jason Hill
Another month has passed and it's time to find out What's Happening in Model Railroading with the Editor of Model Railroad News, Tony Cook. Tony brings along Jason Hill of Owl Mountain Models and we …
01:03:13 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Alan Saatkamp and the Chippewa River Divisions
It's never too late to build your dream layout. Alan Saatkamp is a testament to this, as he, at age 70, is building the railroad he's always wanted, taking the experience of multiple layout builds an…
00:58:14 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Jimmy DIY and the Twin Valley Railroad
With just under 500 videos published and over 45,000 subscribers on YouTube, DIY and Digital Railroad has become one of the leading sources of information for model railroaders on the internet. When …
01:00:37 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Paul August and the C&NW Mondovi Line
On this episode of Around The Layout, we get to know Paul August, owner of the C&NW Mondovi Line and the YouTube channel that covers it. Paul tells us about his family's roots in railroading and how …
00:59:54 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - August 2023 - Tony Cook & Lee Rosenberg
If you've ever been to the Railroad Hobby Show in West Springfield, Massachusetts, there's a good chance you've seen Ron's Books and their massive collection of new and used books and DVD's. Now, as …
00:58:24 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Michael Ostertag and The Farlin Terminal Railroad
It's quite appropriate that this episode is just slightly larger that most, as we bring S scaler Michael Ostertag on the show. Mike tells us about his railroading roots and how he's put together a lo…
01:16:26 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
Michelle Kempema and The Colorado Model Railroad Museum
When Michelle Kempema first appeared on Around The Layout alongside John Gardberg to talk about the Rocky Mountain Train Show, it was a no-brainer to get her back on the show for a full episode, and …
01:00:19 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Joe Mammay and the Norfolk Southern C&F Secondary
Finding your "why" - it's a topic that we talked about with Lance Mindheim, and now one of his biggest fans, Joe Mammay, returns to the show to talk about finding his with a new railroad, location an…
00:57:20 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - July 2023 - Tony Cook & Scott Thornton
It's like Scott Thornton had just left the ATLP studio after joining Lonnie Bathurst to talk about the St. Louis RPM, and now he's back to talk to Tony Cook and Ray Arnott about Scenic & Weathering T…
00:54:44 |
Tue 18 Jul 2023
Bill Brown and the Leadville and Red Cliff
We head back to Central New York to hear Bill Brown's amazing story of triumph over tragedy and how a great group of friends helped him recover from disaster. Bill shares his origin story, then tells…
00:58:15 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
2023 St. Louis RPM Preview with Lonnie Bathurst and Scott Thornton
It's time to talk about the largest railroad prototype modelers meet in the country - the 16th Annual St Louis RPM. Scott Thornton joins host Ray Arnott as they talk to Lonnie Bathurst, one of the ma…
00:52:11 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Drew James and the Canada, Spokane and Pacific
On this episode of Around The Layout, we head to Central New York State to chat with Drew James. Drew is the owner of the Canada, Spokane and Pacific HO scale model railroad; an outstanding railroad …
01:07:33 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
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