Podcast Episodes

Bruce Ryan and the Manhattan Terminal Railroad

Episode 93

On this episode of Around The Layout, we meet Bruce Ryan, who grew up in New York City and now finds himself in the Finger Lakes region of New York recreating railroading in the West Side of Manhatta…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

ATLP Rewind - Ray Arnott and the P&W & NECR Interchange Model Railroad - April 1, 2023

ATLP Rewind - Originally Released April 1, 2023

Welcome to another dimmension, where Joe Mammay is the host of Around The Layout and is interviewing Ray Arnott. Come along as we hear about Ray's start…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Darren Lee and the Wattle Flat

Episode 92

On this episode of Around The Layout, we head down under and to the other side of the International Date Line to talk to Darren Lee in Queensland, Australia. Darren tells us about his start in the ho…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

ATLP Rewind - Tom Johnson and Cass County - November 22, 2022

ATLP Rewind - Originally Released November 22, 2022

What do you get when you combine an art teacher with a love of model railroading? You get Tom Johnson and a spectacular layout filled with super det…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

What's Happening In Model Railroading - March 2024 - Tony Cook & Christopher Palmieri

Episode 91

It's been way too long since we've heard Christopher Palmieri on Around The Layout, and with all the projects he's been working on at Home Shops, it was high time we got him on What's Happening In Mo…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

ATLP Rewind - Chris Palmieri and the Meridian Speedway - September 27, 2022

ATLP Rewind - Originally Released September 27, 2022

In this episode of Around The Layout, we go deep into the vivid imagination of Chris Palmieri and learn about the alternate railroading reality he …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Allen Whitaker and the Tennessee Southern

Episode 90

Keeping a long family tradition of railroading, Allen Whitaker comes by to tell us about how, from a young age, he was exposed to the prototype, particularly the Southern Railway which inspired his f…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

ATLP Rewind - John Farrington and the Somerset Industrial - January 3, 2023

ATLP Rewind - Originally Released January 3, 2023


We’re off to the Sunshine State for a visit to Sebastian, the town that might become the capital of model railroading in Florida, and meet up with Joh…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Tom Barbalet and Model Rail Radio

Episode 89

Around The Layout is where model railroaders and, in this case, podcasters come to tell their story. A pioneer of model railroad podcasts, Tom Barbalet, comes by to tell us about how Model Rail Radio…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

ATLP Rewind - Mark Herrick and the BNSF Montana Division - January 17, 2023

ATLP Rewind - Originally Released January 17, 2023

We give Streamyard the night off as Mark Herrick does an in-person visit to the Around The Layout studio and tells us about his model railroading jou…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago