Mark your calendars! The Trusty Train Tracks Christmas Open House is always the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and this year was our biggest yet! We had a whopping seven trains running inside, plus the beloved garden train. Apologies, the snow beat
Thomas The Tank Engine – July 2025
Thomas makes his first lap of the summer around the garden train track. LGB G Scale, all DC https://www.TrustyTrainTracks.com Questions or comments: conductor@trustytraintracks.com
Double Figure 8 Plus 2 – Kato All DC
This is the first layout that my grandson, Noah, helped put together. His dad, Jake, helped too. The track itself took about an hour to put together and then we spent another hour putting together the Lego supports that hold
Christmas Train 2022
In memory of Grandad Trusty (1944-2022)
Garden Train – RS-3 Test Lap – G Scale
The garden train is close to completion. Here is the first lap of the RS-3 Pennsylvania Railroad diesel engine.
Garden Train Trestle Test Run
Garden Train 2.0 is progressing well. We are still waiting on the river rock that will be the base layer for the whole layout. But we wanted to test out as much as possible now. Here is the entire temporary
Garden Train 2.0 Test Run
One year ago today we installed a garden train. A month after that, we decided to move to a new house. This will be our second garden train. It has three times as much track as the first and an
13th Annual Ohio N Scale Weekend – May 2022
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Easy Reverse Loop – Kato Unitrack All DC
Many people have asked how to wire a reverse loop. This video shows the easy way, using common components you probably already have. Two Power SuppliesKato 24-816 Insulated UniJoiner ($5 per pack)Kato 24-827 3-Way Extension Cord ($5) All of my
Lionel FasTrack Layouts Designed with SCARM
In early 2019, I purchased my first Lionel set. It was on sale, probably left over from Christmas and I picked it up for half price. It wasn’t much, just a circle of O-36 FasTrack. It easily fit on the