Belfield Hall Estate Railway Stephen Brown describes his seminal O9 extra-narrow-gauge micro layout, c. 1990. It’s circular and a gem!
Blackcloud Railways Bob Hughes presents his collection of small, portable layouts in an amazing variety of scales and styles.
Crowsnest Tramway Co. Roy C. Link details the various versions of his marvelous little tramway layout through the years in various scales. Illustrated, with construction information.
GEMME Groupe d’Etude du Modélisme ferroviaire à voie Métrique et Etroite is a leading group for model railroad micro layouts. Their annual exhibition, Expométrique, is the world’s premiere showcase for micro layouts, mostly European.
Gilbert Gribi's Site A master modeler of the narrow gauge shows off his latest models and ideas.
gleisplan.ch Mark Stutz has a nice collection of small Swiss and German layouts in N and HO scales.
iholmes.com Ian Holmes describes his micro layouts (mostly Gn15 and Gnine) and adds prototype photos and the fanciful Journal of Layout Imaginings. Great stuff!
Japanese Micro Layouts Yoji Tabuchi has created fascinating small displays in N, HOe, and O-16.5 scales, including a human-powered railway!
Jeffrey's Webpage Jeff Hartmann is chronicling his collection of small layouts, including several clever micros.
Karat Creek Model Design Nobuo Koizumi’s website features his On30 and HOn30 modeling, and shows off his excellent 24″x33″ On30 micro layout, including the full English text of his book, O-scale Industrial Narrow Gauge Modeling.
Micro Layouts Brian Wilson maintains an inspiring photo gallery showing many of his micro layouts (and some wild PhotoShop efforts!).
Model Railways Urban Fredriksson’s blog puts together a bunch of modeling ideas, including some basic but apt thoughts on small layout design.
Model Trains International This magazine’s web site features a “Track Plan Archive” with a variety of ingenious micro-to-small track plans for both British and American style railroads.
Moro's Can Akihiro Morohoshi has created a series of beguiling micro layouts in On30, HOn30, and N scales.
My Layouts A design for Martin Fischer’s personal HOn30 micro layout, 30″x18″ (75×45 cm), and plans for other small HO narrow-gauge designs.
Ossynths Page Otto Schouwstra’s site showcases his well-known elegant exhibition layouts, along with his amazing mechanisms and sound systems.
Rake Gruva (Rake Mining Co.) Nicely done 28″x16″ HOn30 mining micro layout in Sweden, including a day-by-day, detailed description of its construction.
Reinoud's Model Railways A Dutch master planner lays out a good many minimum-space track plans and explains the design philosophies that underlie them.
Riverside Yard Neil Machin has programmed an online shunting game for both Inglenook and Timesaver-type layouts.
Small-Model-Rail-UK Four small N-gauge layouts by Brant Hickman, well done and thoroughly described.
Zigzag Railways-Switchback Railroads Bo Justusson has collected a terrific batch of switchbacks, both model and prototype. Highlght is a “design your own zigzag micro” page.
Model Railroad Links
All-Gauge Model Railroading Page Thor Sheil has assembled an astonishing variety of material about RTR trains in gauges from Z to G.
Gn15.info A large and rapidly growing compendium of layouts, prototypes, modeling tips, and a forum on the Gn15 scale/gauge combination.
Model Railroaders Anonymous A nice blog site of modeling tips and tricks is being assembled by Gabriel G. Got a tip to share?
Model Train Magazine Index A complete, searchable index of virtually every U.S. model railroad magazine, now reaches back into the 30’s and 40’s.
ModelRailroads.net An ambitious directory of North American model railroading and internet search engine of modeling.