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
What's Happening In Model Railroading Special - Tony Cook & Shane Wilson
It's the acquisition that everyone's been talking about. No, not Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern and, no, not CSX / Pan-Am. It's ExactRail becoming a part of the ever growing ScaleTrains fa…
00:48:25 |
Mon 03 Jul 2023
Joe Atkinson and the Iowa Interstate's 4th Subdivision
After all of the past interrogations and information from informants, we've finally captured the Iowa Interstate Godfather; none other than Joe Atkinson himself. Now that we've beat the dead horse wi…
01:05:51 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
James McNab and The Hills Line
It's time to interrogate another member of the Iowa Interstate Mafia as we bring James McNab downtown for a whole line of questioning. Luckliy, James is willing to talk and we learn about his start i…
01:00:37 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Texas Express National Convention with Riley Triggs and Chris Atkins
They say "Everything is bigger in Texas" and the Supercharged, High Speed Texas Express 2023 NMRA National Convention is setting up to keep that promise. We talk to Riley Triggs and Chris Atkins and …
00:52:46 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - June 2023 - Tony Cook & Curtis Koch
It's that time again - Tony Cook's got a 50' hi-cube load of news from the model railroading world to share with us, including a recent acquisition that's getting more news coverage than CPKC and CSX…
01:17:54 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
William Sampson - Father & Son and The Great Northern and Milwaukee Road
With Father's Day less than a week away, we got the father/son duo of William Sampson and William Sampson together to share their bond over model railroading. William Sr. tells us how railroad is in …
01:01:36 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Marty McGuirk and the Central Vermont Railway
There's good news to deliver on this episode of Around The Layout - progress is being made in Washington DC - but only on the model railroading front. That progress is being made by Marty McGuirk, wh…
01:21:45 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
Joe Bohannon and the Chinook Lines
On this episode of Around The Layout, we head back to Texas to chat with yet another freelance model railroader, Joe Bohannon. Joe shares his start in the hobby and the many influences, from Californ…
01:03:20 |
Tue 30 May 2023
John Doehring and the National Model Railroad Association
From a young age, John Doehring was destined to be a part of the National Model Railroad Association. In this episode, we learn how that journey began and how it has led John to leadership roles at t…
01:10:17 |
Tue 23 May 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - May 2023 - Tony Cook & Matt Stern
On this month's What's Happening In Model Railroading, Editior of Model Railroad News' Tony Cook and I get the opportunity to talk to Matt Stern, Communications Manager at Bachmann Trains. Matt tells…
00:59:13 |
Tue 16 May 2023
Andy Dorsch and The Mascoutin Valley Railroad
We all know Andy Dorsch as the co-host of the wildly popular Second Section Podcast, but how much do you know about Andy the modeler? We find out in this episode of Around The Layout as Andy takes us…
01:07:17 |
Tue 09 May 2023
John Rezuke and The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train
It's fun to have an episode of Around The Layout with a guy who's built a train that's gone around many layouts. John Rezuke has become known for his traveling HO scale Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bai…
01:25:13 |
Tue 02 May 2023
Rob Arsenault and Weather My Trains
Seven days a week, Weather My Trains' Rob Arsenault is producing some of the most realistic and jaw-dropping weathering in the hobby. In this episode of Around The Layout, Rob puts down the brush and…
01:07:41 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - April 2023 - Tony Cook & Jim Wiggin
On this month's What's Happening In Model Railroading, Editor of Model Railroad News' Tony Cook returns to bring us the latest announcements in the hobby. One of the leading announcements is the comp…
01:05:19 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Special - Sunday Annoucements - April 2023
This is the audio from the live Facebook and YouTube event on April 16, 2023. On this special we announced:
Around The Layout is now a weekly show!
Tony Cook returns to What's Happening In Model Railr…
Around The Layout is now a weekly show!
Tony Cook returns to What's Happening In Model Railr…
00:12:37 |
Sun 16 Apr 2023
Lance Mindheim and The Shelf Layouts Company
Why. It's the question every model railroader should know the answer to, and Lance Mindheim has prided himself in helping model railroaders find their own why. In this episode, we find out how Lance …
01:00:19 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Ray Arnott & The P&W & NECR Interchange Model Railroad
Welcome to another dimmension, where Joe Mammay is the host of Around The Layout and is interviewing Ray Arnott. Come along as we hear about Ray's start in model railroading, from a TYCO set to an at…
01:06:09 |
Sat 01 Apr 2023
Matt Freix and the Gateway Western's Subdivision 6
The Around The Layout (less than) six degrees of separation has led us to Matt Freix. A friend of past guests Dave Oppensano and Isaac Fabris, Matt joins us and tells his model railroading story; fro…
01:03:03 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Jim Wiggin and the Granite State Industrial
It's nice to know that people in the model railroading industry are modelers just like us, and that's exactly what we do on this episode of Around The Layout. Jim Wiggin, Associate Brand Manager for …
01:05:20 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading March 2023 - Rocky Mountain Train Show
It's the largest show west of the Mississippi - The Rocky Mountain Train Show - and Co-Chair John Gardberg and the multitasker that needs no title, Michelle Kempema are here to tell us all about it. …
00:54:35 |
Mon 13 Mar 2023
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