I find it hilarious in our hobby that the main aim is to have fun, but there are those who try and regulate the fun we have with their "rules". I quite like to just do what I enjoy and not be tied down

“You do what you want in the space that you’ve got.” As an American 🇺🇸 I totally agree. I use short wagons on my layout which not prototypical for current day; however, you would be hard pressed to determine the era that is modeled. And that’s ok with me. HOG mimics some of the short line switching I’ve seen in small towns when the a rail worker hops off the train and manually operates a switch before the engineer delivers the load. 😊

Well done mate! Yet again you have shown how relatively simply and cheaply you can build a decent railway that has operating potential, doesn’t require extensive skill or knowledge and can be made using simple off-the-shelf bits armed with no more than a few simple tools and glues 😎🍻👍🍀

Thanks for the video, love the layout, it's yours so do what you want when you want. This is how I played as a kid with my hands like you it yours. Looking forward to seeing the building of the next layout!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧

I have enjoyed watching all your N gauge adventures. The superb running and low priced Kato Pocket Line range has tempted me to have another go at N and I'm enjoying watching trains go by again.

Anyone putting off having a model railway should watch your videos. None of the "You can't do that" with you!

I'm looking forward towards seeing more or your new little project! The Kato Pocket Line train set you showed in the video is currently for sale at my favourite Japanese online store Hobbysearch for 20 pounds. I'm glad my interest is in Japanese trains.

Cool little setup, I run my layout the way I want makes it more interesting 👍

Always enjoy your videos.

I have the two locos you show. They work beautifully. Since I live in the States, I built my switching layout with longer sidings to use American 40' cars. I also have a lot of British stock, so I can run either way.

And by the way, I use my Bachmann Collectors Club wagon, of which I have four, to build a freight train for my Dad’s Army layout!! There’s a FREE wagon each year on renewal.

The best places to get inexpensive locomotives is from the salesman in your local model railway club. Ted at Hoddesdon Model and Railway Club sells all gauges at very reasonable prices. We have two open days a year on the last Sunday in May and the last Sunday in August. Come and meet Ted the salesman.

This is a nice micro layout. My Kato 11-109 (with BMR body, no less!) is brilliant: It works well with my PWM controller, from a 9V rechargeable battery. This makes my layouts portable (shunting in the garden, anyone?).

Great layout and great inspiration 👏

Hello,great video as always,the first layout is ideal to move trucks around and ideal how it is done,the second one is very smart and can't wait for the progress.

That is excellent Mike, very inspirational, thank you.

Nice. enjoyed...

Nice bit of shunting there, the layout really comes alive. And it's your layout, your choices of rolling stock. I'm quite a collector of books on smaller railway companies and you wouldn't believe the kind of traction that was used sometimes, if it ran it was suitable so ''anything goes'' is even more prototypical than people might think 😁

That shunter is great

Although I like diesel locomotives and can appreciate their importance in the history of railways, I’m a steam locomotive fanatic. My collection consists of Southern Railway steam locomotives, most with DCC Sound installed.

it was due to your video on two wires and a switch to isolate that got me building my own layout, which is a shunting layout. Inglenook and your encouragement has me a full 7 ft and 3 ft fiddle-yard and yes, very theraoutic

I would add to a inglenook layout the provision for a small fiddle yard, so you have the excuse to change the rolling stock and locomotive. You could also have a separate sheet that gives instructions to where the new wagons on the layout need to be placed.

And good morning to you Mike well done on the layout cheers from Bruce sunny blenheim south island new Zealand

I've always liked the Inglenook, Timesaver and their variations. In fact I grew up competing on the original Timesaver that was brought to NMRA shows by Allen Fenton. I also have what I call a TimeNook on my workbench that will suffice until I get my shelf layout built in my office. I too prefer using old kits and motive power, mainly because I like building custom locomotives and would prefer to not hack apart an expensive new one. One of the "rules" that always bugs me is people's opinions about track plans and their practicality. I have one track plan I through together and received comments like "that's so impractical, I real railroad would never build a setup like that. They usually get quiet once I mention that it's based on the track setup at my work, and just adjusted to make it practical to build onto a reasonably sized module.

The background looks great

Nice layout for the beginner!! I’m slightly more advanced than that!! I have a small layout that is ideal for use as a Dad’s Army layout. I use it with DCC Sound via the ANEMODEL LD101 controller that controls both my DCC and DC models.

Love your ideas..this layout is great!

Once again you have demonstrated how much you can get into a small place

I'm definitely going to give this a try, but I'm going to build mine with another station/yard and just shuttle my finished trains back and forth between them. :)

Hi, What glue do you use to stick your buildings together. A friend and I quite often do shunting puzzles on part of his radio control live steam 32mm narrow gauge layout. Its load of fun even when we make mistakes. His sidings are proportionally longer and can successfully hold up to 15 wagons and still have room to manoeuvre. It does not matter what gauge you are using shunting puzzles give hours of fun. You are doing the railway modelling community a great service by doing these videos. It is too easy for the young and adults alike to see the price of trying to set a layout and shudder at what they find. Then decide it is far too expensive. These videos show that it is affordable.

Hi great layout and great series! Any updates on your countryside n gauge layout? I think it is one of your best to date.

Kato do a BR steeple-cab loco that looks good with the early loin an wheel totem. Looking forward to the new layout build

I model in 00 Gauge and 0 Gauge live steam. I would now be unable to see to build an N Gauge layout!! I’m 66 years old and have cataracts in both eyes!!

Imagine if T gauge was more widely available you could do your layout on Irvin an old VHS case imagine ,all the best Mark 😊😊

cool vid on channel thanks ;lee

Hi Mike, is the 4 wagon consist your take on the puzzle? From what I'd seen on KZfaq I was under the impression that it was a 5 wagon formation that needed go be built up from the i wagons.

Looks good but not my idea of fun but do like the scenery

You caouild add one more straight to each of the ends and also the sidings....?

3:21, Even Battery power could be feasible theese days!