Micro Layout Design Gallery

"Micro layouts are small model railroads, usually less than three or four square feet in area, that nonetheless have a clear purpose and excellent operating capability. "
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With No Switches
For Operation
For Fun to Run
Straight Lines

Real Places
Standard Gauge
Narrow Gauge
Industrial


Shoebox Madness

Continuous
With One Switch
Single Level
Multi-Level

Shelf Switchers
With One Switch
Dense Track
Dual Gauge
End of Line
The Fork
Inglenooks
No Runarounds
Passenger Lines
Sector Plate
Train Turntables
Traversers
TymeSavers
Other Good Ideas

Industrial Railroads
Industrial Trams
Logging Lines
Mining/Quarrying
Traction/Tramways
Dockside Layouts

Unusual Venues
Layouts in Boxes
Strange Locales

Make-Overs

Multiple Micros

A3 Sized Layouts

Centennial Page
Bicentennial Page

Starter Layout

This Gallery contains 250 creative micro layout designs from all over the world. It's the largest collection of its kind in existence. I hope you find some ideas that you can put to good use!

I also publish exciting new designs and photos of small layouts every month in the Small Layout Scrapbook, which is featured and archived on this site.

To browse layout pages, use the Gallery Menu above.
To find individual layouts, use the Linked Index (also on the menu at left).

My deepfelt thanks to everyone who has contributed to this unprecedented collection of micro layouts. You are the greatest!

Carl Arendt
Pittsburgh, USA

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