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 & Jason Shron
We all know Rapido Trains for their high quality models, but how about books? On this special What's Happening In Model Railroading, Tony Cook and I sit down with Jason Shron of Rapido Trains to talk…
00:35:35 |
Tue 05 Nov 2024
ATLP Rewind - Paul Cassar & The River Belt Line II - January 9, 2024
ATLP Rewind - Originally Released January 9, 2024
On this episode of Around The Layout, we check in with Paul Cassar. Paul's not only the Executive Producer of Around The Layout; he's quite the modele…
On this episode of Around The Layout, we check in with Paul Cassar. Paul's not only the Executive Producer of Around The Layout; he's quite the modele…
01:00:34 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
Joey Giunto & The Penn-Reading Industrial
They say that music can bring people together, and, in the case of Joey Giunto, it can also lead to meeting your model railroad mentor. On this episode of Around The Layout, Joey shares his model rai…
01:07:14 |
Tue 29 Oct 2024
ATLP Rewind - John Abatecola & TSG Multimedia - January 2, 2024
ATLP Rewind - Episode Originally Released January 2, 2024
After hosting myself and fellow podcasters Andy Dorsch and Tom Gasior on his TSG Live Talking Trains, it was great to have John Abatecola stop…
After hosting myself and fellow podcasters Andy Dorsch and Tom Gasior on his TSG Live Talking Trains, it was great to have John Abatecola stop…
01:03:22 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
Layout Command Control 101 with Dave Barraza
Layout Command Control - it sounds cool, but what exactly is it? On this episode of ATLP, Dave Barraza tells us the basics of LCC, how the standard was developed and, most importantly, how it can hel…
00:50:40 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
ATLP Rewind - Campbell Rice & The Tennessee Western Railway - December 12, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally Released December 12, 2023
Meet Campbell Rice, a man who has moved more times than the Raiders football team, but has carried his passion for model railroading with him along …
Meet Campbell Rice, a man who has moved more times than the Raiders football team, but has carried his passion for model railroading with him along …
01:05:35 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
What's Happening In Model Railroading - October 2024 - Tony Cook & Christopher Palomarez
Christopher Palomarez from InterMountain Railway Co joined Tony and I from somewhere along the road in Colorado to share the latest on the projects being churned out of Longmont. Chris shares some in…
00:54:01 |
Tue 15 Oct 2024
ATLP Rewind - Devin Jackson & The Mesquite Belt - November 14, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally Released November 14, 2023
One of the most memorable stops during the whirlwind week of the Texas Express 2023 NMRA National Convention was the visit to Devin Jackson & Family…
One of the most memorable stops during the whirlwind week of the Texas Express 2023 NMRA National Convention was the visit to Devin Jackson & Family…
01:07:54 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
Talking Ops with Don Irace - Operations on the Canada Spokane & Pacific with Drew James
Drew James, owner of the Canada Spokane & Pacific, made his return to the ATLP studio, picking up where he left off from last July. Drew tells us about how the operations on his layout have evolved, …
01:04:23 |
Tue 08 Oct 2024
2024 Red River RPM Preview with Kevin Leddy
Kevin Leddy joins us to talk about the 4th Annual Red River RPM being held in Forest Hill, TX October 25-26th. Kevin tells us how this RPM started, inspired by two very popular prototype modelers mee…
00:35:32 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
The Art Of The Review with Ryan Crawford
On this episode of Around The Layout Podcast, we talk to model railroad product reviewer and author Ryan Crawford. Ryan provides us with an inside look into his process for writing reviews, including…
01:00:41 |
Tue 01 Oct 2024
NVRRA Railfair 2024 Preview
Model railroad show season is in full swing on the top half of the equator, and, in the northeast, the Nashua Valley Railroad Association's Railfair 2024 kicks things off. NVRRA members Thomas Fitzge…
00:35:16 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Ralph Heiss and the Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal
On this episode of Around The Layout, we head to New Jersey and talk to Ralph Heiss, owner of the Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal HO scale layout and frequent operator of quite a few great layouts in t…
01:00:02 |
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Iowa City Train Show Preview with Dan Reichenbach
Up on this side of the equator, the weather is cooling down and the model railroad events are heating up! Dan Riechenbach of the Hawkeye Model Railroad Club stops by the ATLP studio to tell us about …
00:25:49 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
What's Happening In Model Railroading - September 2024 - Tony Cook & Jordan Smith
More and more, we find out that the folks at these fine model railroad manufactuers are hobbyists just like us, and this episode of What's Happening In Model Railroad is no exception. Jordan Smith jo…
01:01:33 |
Tue 17 Sep 2024
ATLP Rewind - Mike Armstrong & The Rock Island Mid-Continent Route - November 28, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally Released November 28, 2023
It's late November, but we're still talking about late August and the 2023 NMRA National Convention in Texas. During that week, I was fortunate enou…
It's late November, but we're still talking about late August and the 2023 NMRA National Convention in Texas. During that week, I was fortunate enou…
01:01:51 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Talking Ops with Don Irace - Freelance Railroad, Prototypical Ops with Tim Garland
We head back to Tim Garland's Seaboard Central to cover what we didn't get to when we interviewed him the first time; operations on his freelance railroad. Don and I learn quite a bit from Tim, who's…
00:57:58 |
Tue 10 Sep 2024
ATLP Rewind - Matt Forcum & The Metaline Falls Railroad - October 31, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally Released October 31, 2023
Freelance model railroader and YouTuber Matt Forcum pays a virtual visit to the Around The Layout studio. Matt shares with us his model railroading j…
Freelance model railroader and YouTuber Matt Forcum pays a virtual visit to the Around The Layout studio. Matt shares with us his model railroading j…
01:06:37 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
Chris Gilbert & The Brownville & Ashland
We've seen many prototypical railroads bought and sold over the years, but how about a freelance model railroad changing hands? That's how current owner of the Brownville & Ashland, Chris Gilbert, to…
00:54:17 |
Tue 03 Sep 2024
ATLP Rewind - John Parker and the BNSF Fall River Division - October 24, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally Released October 24, 2023
Coming to us from northern Colorado - seemingly a hotbed of model railroading, is the creator of the BNSF Fall River Division, John Parker. John shar…
Coming to us from northern Colorado - seemingly a hotbed of model railroading, is the creator of the BNSF Fall River Division, John Parker. John shar…
01:04:09 |
Mon 02 Sep 2024
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