Podcast Episodes

Ralph Heiss and the Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal

Episode 122

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…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Iowa City Train Show Preview with Dan Reichenbach

Episode 121

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 …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

What's Happening In Model Railroading - September 2024 - Tony Cook & Jordan Smith

Episode 120

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…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

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…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Talking Ops with Don Irace - Freelance Railroad, Prototypical Ops with Tim Garland

Episode 119

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…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

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…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Chris Gilbert & The Brownville & Ashland

Episode 118

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…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

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…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

The Theatrical Approach To Model Railroading with Scott Thornton

Episode 117

What if we looked at our layouts like they were the stage of a grand performance? On this episode, the talented and thought provoking Scott Thornton comes by to share his passion for taking elements …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

ATLP Rewind - Mike Landis & The MKT Sedalia Subdivision - September 26, 2023

ATLP Rewind - Originally Released September 26, 2023

Mike Landis has taken his childhood experience with the MKT Sedalia Subdivision and turned it into a passion that has led not only to writing the b…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago