Podcast Episodes

Shane Wilson and The Road To ScaleTrains

Episode 75

What does it take to start a model railroad company and lead it to the position of the "Cadillac" of the industry? On this episode, we get to hear from ScaleTrains president Shane Wilson as he tells …

Published on 2 years ago

Mike Armstrong and the Rock Island Mid-Continent Route

Episode 74

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 enough to visit the outstanding layout of Mike Armstron…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

What's Happening In Model Railroading - November 2023 - Tony Cook & Chuck Stancil

Episode 73

The growth of technology in model railroading has brought a whole new level to the hobby. On this episode, Tony Cook brings along Chuck Stancil of Logic Rail Technologies to tell us about the amazing…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Feed Drop - TSG Multimedia's Talking Trains - November 15, 2023

On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, I appeared as a guest on TSG Multimedia's Talking Trains with hosts John Abatecola and Tony Cook. The topic was model railroad podcasts and I was joined by good frien…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Devin Jackson and the Mesquite Belt Railroad

Episode 72

One of the most memorable stops during the whirlwind week of the Texas Express 2023 NMRA National Convention was the visit to Devin Jackson & Family's Mesquite Belt, located about 2 hours south of Fo…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Art Dutra, Mike Wheeler and the NMRA Nutmeg Division

Episode 71

On this special episode of Around The Layout, we talk to Art Dutra and Mike Wheeler of the Nutmeg Division of the NMRA and learn what's new and exciting from the division covering Connecticut and por…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Matt Stern and The Layout That Needs A Name

Episode 70

We first met Matt Stern on the May 2023 What's Happening In Model Railroading episode where he represented Bachmann as their Communications Manager. During the recording of that show, we spotted a la…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Matt Forcum and the Metaline Falls Railroad

Episode 50

Freelance model railroader and YouTuber Matt Forcum pays a virtual visit to the Around The Layout studio. Matt shares with us his model railroading journey that has includes stops in Lego and N scale…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

John Parker and the BNSF Fall River Division

Episode 49

Coming to us from northern Colorado - seemingly a hotbed of model railroading, is the creator of the BNSF Fall River Division, John Parker. John shares his model railroading story with us, from humbl…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

What's Happening In Model Railroading - October 2023 - Tony Cook & Rob Kluz

On this edition of What's Happening In Model Railroading, we step into the 1:220 world as Ztrack Magazine's Rob Kluz tells us all about Z scale. Rob shares how military modeling started his near 40 y…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago