708 – Creating an N Scale Layout from a Puzzle-Type plan to a Full Industrial Layout

Rand Hoven

Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:00 am
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Ever consider modeling in N scale? N scale’s strength is in its size. It allows you to do interesting things in a small amount of space, or to do big things in a larger space. Puzzle layouts are all about interesting track layouts for running trains. These are really common with Lionel O scale layouts and Kato track N scale layouts. Hex-trak is a first step in upping the game. Industrial layouts feature operations on a single industry, or a number of industries in a small area. We combine these concepts to allow a model railroader to incrementally build from a very small “layout” to serious operations.