Orange Milwaukee Road electric train running beneath desert cliffs on the layout.

The Model · o-scale · 1:48

A journey through the American West...

Built by hand over 18 years, and donated to become the heart of a new museum.

Based on a real model, of real places

25 replicated locations.

From Field, British Columbia to Clovis, New Mexico. Every scene is oriented as it is in real life, with the backdrop, topography and soil of the real place.

Each destination includes the region's culture, history, and technical challenges in its construction.

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Kicking Horse Pass & Field

BRITISH COLUMBIA · ALBERTA

Skykomish

WASHINGTON

Snoqualmie Pass

WASHINGTON

Spokane rail yard

WASHINGTON

St. Paul Pass & Avery

MONTANA · IDAHO

Butte, Silver Bow Canyon & Homestake Pass

MONTANA

Lombard, Sixteen Mile Canyon & Eagle’s Nest

MONTANA

Feather River Canyon

CALIFORNIA

Donner Pass

CALIFORNIA

Owens Valley

CALIFORNIA

Palisade Canyon

NEVADA

Castle Rock

UTAH

Monument Valley

ARIZONA · UTAH

Wild West town

A composite of Tombstone, Prescott, Holbrook and Contention City.

Creede

COLORADO

Royal Gorge

COLORADO

Abo Canyon

NEW MEXICO

Clovis

NEW MEXICO

Map of the western United States and Canada marking the places modeled on the layout.

Kicking Horse Pass & Field

BRITISH COLUMBIA · ALBERTA

Skykomish

WASHINGTON

Snoqualmie Pass

WASHINGTON

Spokane rail yard

WASHINGTON

St. Paul Pass & Avery

MONTANA · IDAHO

Butte, Silver Bow Canyon & Homestake Pass

MONTANA

Lombard, Sixteen Mile Canyon & Eagle’s Nest

MONTANA

Feather River Canyon

CALIFORNIA

Donner Pass

CALIFORNIA

Owens Valley

CALIFORNIA

Palisade Canyon

NEVADA

Castle Rock

UTAH

Monument Valley

ARIZONA · UTAH

Wild West town

A composite of Tombstone, Prescott, Holbrook and Contention City, AZ; Virginia City, NV; Death Valley Junction and Ballarat, CA; and Hadleyville, NM

Creede

COLORADO

Royal Gorge

COLORADO

Abo Canyon

NEW MEXICO

Clovis

NEW MEXICO

Western Saloon

Cowboys and Outlaws

Lumber Yard

Sawmill Workers

Forest Fire

Burning embers and smoking trees

Farmland

Local Utah Farmer

Desert Station

Castle Rock Depot

Mine Shaft

Lighting Dynamite

Model steam locomotive passing through pine forest on the layout.

Scale 1:48

Kicking Horse Pass, B.C.

What you’re looking at

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The real story

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Look for

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