Model Train Layouts and Track Plans
A layout is a track plan plus the space it stands on. These posts are about both: plans that fit a single table, what changes when you add more tables, and how to try an idea in minutes before committing to it in wood and plastic.
Layouts & track plans · 7 min read
From One Model Train Table to Four
Every Traluno layout starts on one 3 m by 1.6 m model train table. How extra tables join it, the shapes they make, and how that compares with a 4x8.
Layouts & track plans · 10 min read
Model Train Track Plans for One Table
Six model train track plans drawn cell by cell on one 3 m by 1.6 m table: oval, passing loop, figure eight, yard, out-and-back and dogbone.
Layouts & track plans · 6 min read
Before You Open a Model Train Layout Planner
A model train layout planner gets the geometry exact. Try the shape, the trains and the view first, in minutes: a practical process using both.
Layouts & track plans · 6 min read
Lay Your First Model Train Loop
How to build a model train loop in Traluno: twelve pieces of track, the order to lay them in, and the three mistakes that stop a first loop running.