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
Isaac Fabris and the CN/IC Heyworth Spur II
Want proof that the hobby isn't dying and young folks are into model railroading? Allow us to present, once again, Issac Fabris and his CN/IC Heyworth Spur. It's been quite a while, so we were overdu…
00:51:38 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Neil Schofield and CP Rail's Newport and Lyndonville Subdivision
Neil Schofield and his CP Rail's Newport & Lyndonville Subdivision has been our guest wish list since the start of the podcast, so when Neil reached out to be on the podcast, there was quite the cele…
01:04:37 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
John Sacerdote & The Railroad Hobby Show Preview
West Springfield, Springfield, The Big E Show, Amherst - call it what you'd like, just make sure you get there! The Amherst Railway Society's Railroad Hobby Show has become the bucket list event for …
00:46:38 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
What's Happening In Model Railroading - January 2024 - Tony Cook and Shane Wilson
Shane Wilson, President of ScaleTrains, returns to Around The Layout Podcast to talk about the latest somewhat controversial announcement of the new Hypotypical line. Shane clears up some concerns an…
01:12:25 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Paul Cassar and The River Belt Line II
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 modeler and he provides us with updates on his River Be…
00:59:59 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
ATLP Rewind: Joe Bohannon and the Chinook Lines - May 30, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally aired May 30, 2023
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 h…
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 h…
01:03:24 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
John Abatecola and TSG Multimedia
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 by the Around The Layout studio. John tells us about his…
01:03:06 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
ATLP Rewind: Michael Gross and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe - September 19, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally aired September 19, 2023
There's something really cool when you find out that someone you watched on television and in movies is a fellow model railroader. On this podcast, we…
There's something really cool when you find out that someone you watched on television and in movies is a fellow model railroader. On this podcast, we…
01:09:09 |
Mon 01 Jan 2024
Lance Mindheim and The Downtown Spur
Author and professional model railroad builder Lance Mindheim returns to Around The Layout with a couple of new books tucked under his arm. Since the last time he appeared, he's released two new "how…
00:49:23 |
Tue 26 Dec 2023
ATLP Rewind: Lance Mindheim and The Shelf Layouts Company - April 11, 2023
ATLP Rewind - Originally aired April 11, 2023
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. 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…
01:00:23 |
Mon 25 Dec 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - December 2023 - Tony Cook & Ken Bianco Jr.
With only a few days left before Christmas, Tony Cook and I thought it would be a good idea to check in with Ken Bianco Jr at Trainworld and Trainland. Ken tells us about the items flying off the she…
01:06:42 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Campbell Rice and the Tennessee Western Railway
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 the way. Campbell takes us along on the journey thr…
01:05:01 |
Tue 12 Dec 2023
Shane Wilson and The Road To ScaleTrains
What does it take to start a model railroad company and lead it to the position of the "Cadillac" of the industry? On this episode, we get to hear from ScaleTrains president Shane Wilson as he tells …
01:06:49 |
Tue 05 Dec 2023
Mike Armstrong and the Rock Island Mid-Continent Route
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 enough to visit the outstanding layout of Mike Armstron…
01:01:28 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
What's Happening In Model Railroading - November 2023 - Tony Cook & Chuck Stancil
The growth of technology in model railroading has brought a whole new level to the hobby. On this episode, Tony Cook brings along Chuck Stancil of Logic Rail Technologies to tell us about the amazing…
01:02:48 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
Feed Drop - TSG Multimedia's Talking Trains - November 15, 2023
On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, I appeared as a guest on TSG Multimedia's Talking Trains with hosts John Abatecola and Tony Cook. The topic was model railroad podcasts and I was joined by good frien…
01:53:47 |
Sat 18 Nov 2023
Devin Jackson and the Mesquite Belt Railroad
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's Mesquite Belt, located about 2 hours south of Fo…
01:07:34 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Art Dutra, Mike Wheeler and the NMRA Nutmeg Division
On this special episode of Around The Layout, we talk to Art Dutra and Mike Wheeler of the Nutmeg Division of the NMRA and learn what's new and exciting from the division covering Connecticut and por…
00:59:16 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Matt Stern and The Layout That Needs A Name
We first met Matt Stern on the May 2023 What's Happening In Model Railroading episode where he represented Bachmann as their Communications Manager. During the recording of that show, we spotted a la…
00:47:38 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Matt Forcum and the Metaline Falls Railroad
Freelance model railroader and YouTuber Matt Forcum pays a virtual visit to the Around The Layout studio. Matt shares with us his model railroading journey that has includes stops in Lego and N scale…
01:05:51 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
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