Layout Design and Operations Consultations

Got questions about how to fit a model railroad into your space, looking for advice about a portion of your track plan, or curious about how best to operate the model railroad you've built? Sign up for a consulting session where you can talk with an experienced model railroader about your current problems and potential solutions.

We'll send out information on signing up for a consultation to all attendees a couple weeks before the meet. Consultations will either be in person in the CSRM lobby on Saturday, or done via Zoom at a time acceptable to the help-seeker and consultant.

Common topics we can help out with are:

  • Fitting a layout into available spaces
  • Brainstorming about potential yard throat designs for more prototypical operations.
  • Choosing car cards vs switch lists vs other car movement schemes for your particular layout.