Radio Trains first layout began in January
of 2005 with Colleywood / Maryville
Junction (CMJ), a 4 x 8 foot N-scale
DCC model railroad layout, set in the mid-50's at a fictional location in
the Kettle Moraine area of southern Wisconsin. Click
on the images below for enlarged versions of CMJ during its early
days. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for The Back Story
about the planning, development, construction and evolution
of CMJ during the past 20 years.
Radio Trains' New Release for 2025
Wintergreen Junction 2025
It's been more than four years since I produced my last Radio
Trains video, after creating 25 different videos about my two layouts ...
Colleywood/Maryville Junction and Wintergreen Junction, during the past
decade or so. This new one is a bit different from the others, containing
actual railway journeys I've taken, combined with depictions of their models
on the Wintergreen Junction layout. It features Switzerland's Glacier Express,
which I rode in October of 2024, and Chicago's Metra Commuter line, when
I took my grandson on his first train ride in January of 2025.
Other Videos featuring
Wintergreen Junction
Wintergreen
Junction (2019)
Wintergreen Junction: 2020
Wintergreen Junction is set in a fictional place located somewhere
in the great white north arctic and is snow covered nearly year round. This3x3
ft. N scale DC layout was created very quickly between Thanksgiving and
Christmas in 2019. It continued to evolve during 2020 as.Wintergreen
Junction: 2020 reveals all of these additions including 6 new structures,
75 additional trees and interior lighting of the all the buildings. Still
unfinished in 2025, it continues to evolve each winter season!
Colleywood / Maryville Junction
A DAY IN THE LIFE
Colleywood / Maryville Junction -
"A Day In The Life" is a eight part video series depicting
a typical day in the life of CMJ in October of 1965. See the layout in operation
from daybreak to evening, imagining a typical day at the junction.To view
the entire series in sequence, start with Episode 1 one (above) or watch
this playlist
on YouTube.
The Back Story
CREATING THE LAYOUT
Colleywood / Maryville Junction
is designed for simplicity, to prove that DCC does not require all of the
intricate wiring the experts say is necessary for proper operations. This
layout is powered by one single DCC feeder connection. It contains
4 main lines, 43 turnouts, 2 Auto Reverse Loops and effectively runs four
different multi-locomotive consists, plus yard switching simultaneously.
For the complete story, watch below.
