Overview

The A & M Railroad consists of two separate large-scale layouts. The larger of the two brings the tracks up to table height for easy set-up and operations. There is no other large scale layout like the A & M Railroad in our area.

Central Coast Railroad Festival guests were treated with Dave Hayes’ Uintah Railway mallet #50 pulling a consist of ore cars with ease on the newly constructed A & M Railroad (Mark Goodman, image).
Aiden demonstrates his future business potential has he organizes the materials in the yard of Aiden’s lumber, one of several industries and business on the A&M Railroad (Mark Edwards, image).

Highlights

The original layout has been reconfigured into an 80-ft. oval featured in the center of the garden. In 2021, following 16 months of construction, the new 193-ft. triple main line was completed. This impressive layout is raised 30 inches from ground level for ease of operation and viewing.

Kit and kit-bashed structures, details and figures are distributed throughout creating unique scenes to delight visitors.

The spirit of Halloween was present throughout the A & M Railroad during the Central Coast Railroad Festival (Mark Goodman, image).
Ore cars are efficiently filled on one of many sidings designed into the reimagined A&M Railroad (Mark Goodman, image).

Layout Specifications

All three lines cross an arch top drawbridge allowing operators to access the center of the layout.

Scale1:29
Track gauge (mm)45
Code330
Total length (ft.)270
Mainline (ft.)100
Maximum gradient (%)2.0
Minimum radius (ft.)10
Control systemAirwire
Proud grandparents, Mark and Shelia Goodman, with grandson Aiden, hosted CCCGRS friends for a wonderful autumn train run following more than 16 months of construction of their new garden railroad (Mark Edwards, image).