A pike designed to fit already-built benchwork. Represents the yard at St. Johnsbury, VT, where the Canadian Pacific came together with the Maine Central and St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad.

HO scale inspired by Reading and incorporating already-built "3rd Street Industrial District" plan.

HO Scale plan focused on the RF&P/C&O junction at Doswell, VA.

Multideck HO plan for Dave Insley's version of the Boston & Maine, now under construction.

Multideck HO plan for Dave Insley's version of the Boston & Maine, now under construction.

Norfolk Southern's "B-Line" through northern Virginia, as published in Model Railroader August 2010

Norfolk Southern's "B-Line" through northern Virginia, as published in Model Railroader August 2010.

Norfolk Southern's "B-Line" through northern Virginia as published in Model Railroader August 2010. N scale. This is a cross-section.

The upper level of a HO/HOn3/dual gauge "mushroom" plan, representing the D&RGW in Royal Gorge.

Cross section and lowest level staging

The lower part of a HO "mushroom" plan - this representing the UP, KCS, and BNSF in and around Beaumont, Texas.

A plan loosely based on the D&H north of Troy, NY. Mike wanted a double-track mainline and scenes where trains crossed over one another in opposite directions, so I invented an "old/steep" low line and a "new/easy" high line.

Extensive lower-level staging allows point-to-point and continuous running.

An HO scale double deck plan for the UP "Leaving Las Vegas" as published in Model Railroad Hobbyist, Mar/April 2010

An HO scale double deck plan for the UP "Leaving Las Vegas," published in Model Railroad Hobbyist, Mar/April 2010.

My only hi-rail plan.

N scale plan for a town in IL that features junction between all four major railroads, rejected as a Model Railroader article by Tony Koester himself!

Lower level. The idea for this plan was to mount it overhead, allowing viewers to step up onto platforms to view and operate. Not sure whether it would work.

My first published track plan, for the B&O's storied grade in southwestern Pennsylvania. HO scale double deck in a small bedroom with closet. As published in Model Railroader, May 2005.

My first published track plan, for the B&O's storied grade in southwestern Pennsylvania. HO scale double deck in a small bedroom with closet. As published in Model Railroader, May 2005.