The Bayley Circle Railroad

Paul and Janet George

A Featured Layout on the 2008 Four Club Tour
Hosted by the Indiana Large Scale Railroaders Club

The Bayley Circle Railroad was started during the summer of 1990. The original line was a rectangle about 40' x 60' around three raised bed vegetable gardens.  It was a true vegetable garden railroad. Over the next couple of years track was laid around each raised bed as well.
In 1993, I built a small building to house my controls and store the trains. All trains can leave the building on track and return. I do have to put them on the track and take them off to store them on shelves on the walls of the building.
In 1999, I decided to add another landscaped layout on the other side of the yard 120' away. I started laying it and decided that I needed a mountain halfway across the yard. I spent most of that summer building a mountain 6' x 10' x 4.5' tall.
In 2000, I started the landscaped layout which is also 40' x 60'. It has a 10' x 15' pond, a 54' river, a waterfall, 26 buildings (3 are wooden structures), 4 scratch built, double wire bridges, 1 scratch built covered bridge, 2 scratch built water towers, many trees and various plants.
In total there are about 1500 feet of track. I can run 12 trains at one time unattended. Everything is well weathered since it has been outside year round for all these years.

Paul, the builder and host, yellow shirt, answers some questions for the Buckeye visitors. Jeff Carter Photo

Jeff Carter Photo

Jeff Carter Photo

David Palmeter Photo

David Palmeter Photo

David Palmeter Photo

David Palmeter Photo

David Palmeter Photo

David Palmeter Photo

Paul is also very involved with building layouts for other people and setting up train displays. Give him a call if you are interested.

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