Layouts, Modules and Dioramas

Scale color key: white = N; yellow = Z; green = T; blue = HO

 Project Name 

 Inception 

 Finished 

 Disposition 

1

Unnamed Layout (classic loop on 4x8)

~1965 

~50%

gone

2

Newport & Rock Falls

1969

~100%

gone

3

White River & Northern I

1973

~100%

gone

4

Unnamed Layout

1975

~100%

gone

5

N-Trak Module

1976

~100%

offsite storage

6

White River & Northern II

1987

~50%

gone

7

Unnamed Layout

1991

~100%

gone

8

White River & Northern III

1992

~50%

gone

9

White River & Northern IV

1995

~75%

gone

10

White River & Northern V

2000

~10%

gone

11

James River Branch

2006

~100%

gone

12

Pine Creek Railroad (Zn3)

2010

~10%

gone

13

Unnamed Layout

2010

~15%

gone

14

Unnamed Layout

2010

~20%

gone

15

Gorre & Daphetid

2011

~100%

gone

16

White River & Northern VI

2012

~15%

gone

17

Somewhere in New Jersey — diorama

2012

~100%

new owner

18

TownBuilder System — diorama

2012

~100%

new owner

19

Jersey City Industrial Railroad

2013

~30%

gone

20

Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad

2013

~30%

new owner

21

The Reddibilt Railroad

2013

~10%

gone

22

Trenton Transportation Company

2013

~90%

new owner

23

Rockport Junction — refurbished layout

?

~100%

new owner

24

Penn Central Stockton Branch

2014

~30%

new owner

25

White River & Northern VII

2014

~10%

gone

26

Greystone & Rock Bottom (WR&N VIII)

2017

~30%

gone

27

Elizabeth & Port Reading

2017

~15%

new owner

28

Greene Granite & Monument Company

2017

~10%

new owner

29

Perth Amboy Industrial District

2017

~15%

new owner

30

Postage Stamp Central

2018

~15%

new owner

31

Unnamed Micro-Diorama

2019

~15%

gone

32

Newport & Rock Falls II

2019

~100%

new owner

33

Fort Hanover

2019

~100%

commissioned

34

Locomotive Test Layout

2019

~50%

new owner

35

Dauphin, PA — T-Trak Module

2019

~100%

new owner

36

Black River & Western

2020

cancelled

37

Mountain Vista Railroad (WR&N IX)

2020

~40%

cannibalized

38

White River & Northern X

2021

~40%

cannibalized

46

Toms River Railroad

2024

~100%

new owner

The following is a series of N Scale dioramas, begun in 2021, called the Animation Collection. Sadly the projects all died in December 2022 owing to the loss of a significant amount of modeling tools and materials during a move.

 Diorama Name 

 Size (in) 

 Finished 

 Disposition 

39

Field of Dreams

24 x 27

~80%

new owner

40

Where She Sleeps

7 x 11

~100%

new owner

41

Men At Work

12 x 18

~50%

new owner

42

Double Feature

12 x 12

~10%

new owner

43

Saturday at the Park

11 x 22

~60%

new owner

44

Yesteryear

7 x 18

~10%

new owner

45

We Live Here

9 x 16

never started

What are Nanodreams? They are ridiculously small dioramas built inside tiny glass jars. The scale is very roughly 1:700. At the time of this writing (7 December 2024) all four have been sold. *These dioramas are illuminated.

 Nanodream Name 

 Approximate Size 

 Finished 

ND-1

Milepost Zero

0.75" dia x 1.5" tall

12 Nov 2024

ND-2

That Stream Just North of Town

1" dia x 1.75" tall

14 Nov 2024

ND-3

Intersection at the Underpass

1" dia x 1.75" tall

16 Nov 2024

ND-4

Route 541 Along the River*

1" dia x 3" long

6 Dec 2024

ND-5

Any Bats In There?

0.75" dia x 1.5" tall

7 Dec 2024

ND-6

Far End of the Station*

1" dia x 3" long

8 Dec 2024


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