This was my first Gn15 locomotive and much tweaking and detailing still remains to be done. Built around the chassis of a Bachmann On30 Porter, the tank, cab, stack and backhead are scratchbuilt from styrene.

Built by Jim Favre, this layout features continuous operation, no hidden track, no hidden staging areas, hand laid, precisely gauged track, is fully landscaped with lush tropical flora, is totally portable, carryable with one hand and finally answers the commonly asked: “What’s the tightest radius I can use?”.

Here’s the latest off my assembly line. I don’t know what it is, I only build them.

Jim Favre’s layout is based on a Bernard Junk On2 design, scaled up for Gn15. The layout is just 24 by 34 inches in size.