2 Rail Layout Videos (2 rail only please!)

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https://youtu.be/1J7TkW2_AjU?si=FybdEu7kGZVAy2tf

Bill Leider’s Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Railroad

Personally visited this layout, the talent, craftsmanship, modeling, and scratch building make it one of the best in the U.S. Bill is a fantastic host and learned years of techniques in one visit.

[up148]

Great video Aaron! And, being the UP railroad it is twice as enjoyable as many others. I remember reading about Bill and his trains in MR and I think O scale mags as well.

[Chris Webster]

I came across some videos of the "South County O-Scalers" modular layout in Utah.

I first stumbled onto this video of the Intermountain Train Expo in 2025 and noticed that one of the show layouts was O-scale 2-rail:
https://youtu.be/QuxXPEOg1n0?t=223
The O-scale content starts at the 3:42 mark.

I got the name of the club from the Expo's website. Googling them led me to these two Youtube shorts:
Two rail O scale models built by Gregg Hardy at the South County O Scalers Christmas show!

O scale two rail model trains built by Gordon Reynolds. The full Rio Grande light package!

[Chris Webster]

Railfanning Rob Helm's Incredible 2-Rail O Scale Clinchfield Layout | Ops Session

[Chris Webster]

Most of this video is about Tony Koester's HO layout, but the last two minutes are about his Proto:48 Wabash 11th District 25'x13' layout:
Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society: What's new on the Nickel Plate Road with Tony Koester?

[Chris Webster]

Ryan Express Trains: Huge O Scale Layout! David Vaughn's 2-Rail O Scale Nickel Plate Road

[Chris Webster]

Ryan Express Trains: Fantastic O Scale Traction Layout! Tom Piccirillo's 2-Rail O Scale Somerset County Traction System

Ryan Express Trains: Another Amazing O Scale (P48) Layout! Warner Clark's Nickel Plate Road

[Chris Webster]

Richard Morhard's Pennsy layout:RMCA March 2026 Run Session

[Chris Webster]

Interesting small exhibition layout with working vehicles and transloading crane:
'The Yard' O Gauge Model Railway - Filmed at the 2026 RAILEX Model Railway Exhibition in Stoke Mandeville, is the O gauge layout 'The Yard'.

[up148]

Interesting small exhibition layout with working vehicles and transloading crane:
'The Yard' O Gauge Model Railway - Filmed at the 2026 RAILEX Model Railway Exhibition in Stoke Mandeville, is the O gauge layout 'The Yard'.

That just might be the most realistic model railroad or module I've ever seen. Everything is built to an exacting detail and the movement of the vehicles is mind boggling. And I believe the operator is steering and handled all movement. I'll have to go back when I have more time.

This is a MUST SEE layout. Thanks for posting Chris.

[big bad jim]

Interesting small exhibition layout with working vehicles and transloading crane:
'The Yard' O Gauge Model Railway - Filmed at the 2026 RAILEX Model Railway Exhibition in Stoke Mandeville, is the O gauge layout 'The Yard'.

Additional discussion on the development and execution of this layout can be found at the following link. It's really quite well done, and there are several more like it on that forum.

https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/threads/the-yard-a-small-industrial-layout-in-7mm.12194/

Jim

[up148]

Thanks for that link Jim. I would like to know more about it.....pretty incredible module.

[Chris Webster]

Ryan Express Trains: Ed Rappe's 2-Rail Pennsylvania Railroad

[Chris Webster]

Al Pugliese Trains: A visit to the 2 Rail O scale show in Strasburg PA

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Al Pugliese Trains: A visit to the 2 Rail O scale show in Strasburg PA

Good to see a little publicity for this show. Al bought some stuff from me that show, too.