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We cover everything related to 1:64 modeling on this web site, including American Flyer, hi-rail, scale, and narrow-gauge trains, as well as 1:64 vehicle and farm modeling. We have a ton of content, so enjoy exploring this site. If it is 1:64, it is here!

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About the Home Page Photos

Below is a bit more detailed information about the photos shown in our home page's photo rotation. Click the photo to see the larger version used on the home page. To help keep this listing fresh, please consider sending the webmaster a photo of your layout, diorama, module, model, or an S-scale event.

Photo #1

Patch-painted, ex-Lehigh Valley D&H GP38-2 #7324 and D&H C420 #404 lead a southbound manifest train across Sugar Creek on Bob Frascella's D&H Railroad. The EMD GP38-2 and the Alco C420 were built from 3D-printed components which Bob used to have available via the Shapeways store under the name Century Models. The chassis and drive systems consist of American Models trucks and components. A detailed construction article on building the GP38-2 appeared in the December 2018 issue of the S Scale Resource magazine. The deck girder bridges were kitbashed using parts from Atlas HO-scale through-girder bridges. The short roadway span is from an S-scale Micro-Engineering deck girder bridge. The backdrop image is an actual photo. The foreground trees were created using common garden plants such as sedum and caspia covered with ground foam and foliage mat. Bob's photo appears on the inside cover of the November 2025 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman as part of the NASG's promotional ad campaign.

Photo #2

The South Cornwall tower, on Dick Karnes' the New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad, sits at the throat leading into the south end of the Cornwall Bridge Connecticut passenger station. The tower was constructed from two P-B-L watchman's shanties, and some Atlas and Plastruct structural shapes. The little staircase is built from a Mike Fyten kit. Trackage and catenary components were scratchbuilt. The engine house in the background was built from a Lehigh Valley Models kit. The locomotives in the shop, left to right, are an Overland CNR F3 A/B, a CNR FPA-2 kitbashed from an American Models model, an NYC Overland E8 (inside the shop), and a scratchbuilt NYW&B B+B-B+B freight motor. The Alco RS-1 at the bottom is a Railmaster Exports kit, which uses an American Models RS-3 chassis. The CV express reefer behind it is a Kinsman kit. Dick's layout was dismantled in August 2023 and moved to the Miniature Railway Institute and Museum in Hopkins, MN, where the layout is being re-assembled for future visitors and display. All of Dick's cars and engines were part of this move.

View Dick's Layout

Photo #3

The New Orleans crew behind the S-scale Lockbourne, Ohio modular layout traveled to England to show the layout at three different British shows in September and October. The last one was a show in Milton Keynes called the Great Electric Train Show (a.k.a. GETS) where this photo was taken. The Lockbourne, Ohio layout's dedicated web site was unveiled and updated just in time for these shows. The site's Shows page has photos as well as links to YouTube videos showing the layout at the shows. One of the neat features of this layout is the fact that the trains can be run in an automated fashion allowing the group's members to interact with the audience and there never being a dull moment for the audience to see this point-to-point layout in action. The layout's web site goes into great detail about the objective, design, and construction of the layout, and it offers a lot of photos.

Lockbourne Web Site

Photo #4

While Paul Washburn was building the recently mentioned SP 2-6-0 #1629, he also built the Quincy Railroad Co 2-6-2 #2 tank engine! The Quincy Railroad still exists today and operates in service to the Quincy saw mill in northeastern California. Engine #2 is a standard-gauge 2-6-2T built by Alco in 1924 and was the only engine in use by the saw mill until 1945, moving cut lumber from the mill to the then-Western Pacific interchange (now UP). From 1945 until sold in 1970 it was in stand-by operation. After several moves, it arrived that the Niles Canyon Railway in 1990 where it was restored for use in that museum's excursion service. It received another overhaul in 2002 and was placed in storage in 2017 awaiting another overhaul. Paul built this model out of brass and styrene. See the first link below for some of the construction photos he has made available.

Photo #5

This photo by Bill Winans of a long passenger train on his layout dates back over ten years. However, it is nonetheless striking in being able to view a long train on a large curve. Bill indicates that the cars still need window glass and to be further decorated, but his layout's construction is of a higher priority. A pair of EMD E8 locomotives pull this 12-car train, which he states is a realistic length of train for long-distance travel. In the real world this would be about a quarter-mile hike from the front to the back of the train. Bill had to add weights to the leading cars in his train to keep it from string-lining.

This photo is to introduce the revised version of the passenger cars listing of the Product Gallery. In the Product Gallery we list every single item ever produced for S over the decades. Over the past couple of years as the webmaster I have been systematically going through each category of product to thoroughly review each entry and to add missing ones. Today the release of the revised passenger cars listing is available.

Photo #6

A PRR K4 leads one of the last afternoon passenger trains on the Elmira Branch from Canandaigua, NY to Elmira, NY. The train passes through the Stanley, NY PRR maintenance yard on its way east. The brass K4 was imported by Omnicon Scale Models, built for them by Samhongsa out of Korea. Alan installed the Jackson Standard gearbox to fix a common issue with these engines. He also installed the SoundTraxx Tsunami2 DCC sound decoder. The track is code 100 Shinohara laid on Homabed, and turnouts are hand-built from Fast Tracks jigs. The tower and shed in the foreground were built from laser-cut wooden kits. The maintenance building towards the rear is scratch-built. The smoke effects and sky were applied to the photo by Brooks Stover. Alan's photo appears on the inside cover of the October 2025 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman as part of the NASG's promotional ad campaign.

Photo #7

Crossing Depot Street on Paul Washburn's layout, the Southern Pacific M-4 Class 2-6-0 Mogul #1629 heads up a short freight into the small agricultural town of Guth. Paul just completed this fully scratch-built model, using drawings by Ed Gebhart in the August 1994 Model Railroader Magazine for basic dimension, and photographs of the prototype locomotive from different photographers. The real engine was retired in May 1957, and subsequently purchased by western movies actor Gene Autry. He stored it at his Melody Ranch Movie Studio. In 1982 it was moved to the Heritage Junction by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society where it has now been cosmetically restored.

Construction Photos Provided by Paul
View Paul's Layout
Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society Engine Information
Gene Autry's Story
Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society (engine is stored on the station's track)

Photo #8

With the kind permission of the NMRA magazine, we share this photo collage, which includes one photo by Fred Soward, MMR (center left), and one by Cinthia Priest (top right). Their latest issue contains a lengthy report on the NMRA's National Convention that took place July 14 through 19 in Novi, Michigan (Detroit area). The Southeastern Michigan S Gaugers (SMSG) were pleased to participate in two ways. First, three of the SMSG members had their S-scale layouts on the schedule for the convention's self-guided home tours, namely Bill Bartlam, Bob Stelmach, and Gaylord Gill. Second, the SMSG had their 14' x 36' display layout set up in the huge National Train Show, held Saturday and Sunday of convention week. On page 25 of the September issue, the NMRA Magazine article included these shots of Gaylord and one of the structure models on the club's layout.

Photo #9

This is the first scene on Rich Gajnak's Galena & Mineral Point layout that has completed scenery. The Illinois Central 2-6-0 passing by the Liz depot is a modified Rex Engineering model. The box car is a Pacific Rail Shops' car to which Rich applied K4 Decals' decals. The Liz depot is a kit from Mount Blue Model Co that Rich built and painted. The backdrop is by Scenic Express. It is actually mounted on the room's wall. Rich's layout is an oval 6' x 12' layout set up in the center of the room, so by angling the photo at ground-level, he was able to capture the backdrop nicely in this photo. The layout's benchwork is modular in nature, provided by Model Railroad Benchwork.

Featured Video

We want to reward you for scrolling all the way down to the bottom of this page by offering a featured video. This video will be replaced from time to time as S-scale modelers make new ones available, so scroll down here every so often! Contact the webmaster if you would like to nominate a video.

The November/December 2025 NASG Dispatch magazine features an article by Steve Monson about how he built his skeleton log cars. This supplemental video shows those cars running on his layout.