N scale trains, which are even smaller ... that captures the essence of a scene without overwhelming the layout. A few small buildings, trees, and roads can give the impression of a bustling ...

Mike Tuminella converted the layout to N scale to better fit the space he had ... Central locomotives switch the local industries in my small suburban town just outside of Pittsburgh.

The main challenge here was the extremely limited space available: the track in N-scale layouts is 9 mm wide, meaning that the whole system had to fit in just 23 x 20 mm 2, the frontal area of a ...