Guides to Micro Layouts, Shunting Puzzles and Small Railways
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Practical guides to the ideas behind Carl Arendt’s micro layouts: shunting puzzles you can play, track you can build and railways small enough to fit on a shelf. Each guide links to the matching plans in the Micro Layout Design Gallery and lists its sources.
Shunting puzzles
- Shunting puzzles: what they are, the two classics compared, and how to play one at home or online.
- Inglenook Sidings: Alan Wright’s puzzle, its rules and variations, and exact figures for how hard each deal is.
- The Timesaver: John Allen’s 1972 switching puzzle, its track plan, rules and micro versions.
Layouts and track
- Small model railway layouts: the main types, how much fits in each scale, and how to design one for a very small space.
- Dual gauge track: three-rail and four-rail track, dual gauge points, real examples and how to model it.
- Estate railways: Sir Arthur Heywood’s 15-inch minimum gauge, Eaton Hall and its neighbours, and how to model one.
From Carl Arendt’s archive