Model Railroading in Small Spaces - 2nd Edition

Mat Chibbaro works as a fire protection engineer with the OSHA National Office and as a part-time fire protection lecturer at the University of Maryland, He is also a member of the College Park, Maryland Volunteer Fire Department. His interest in model railroading began in Milltown, New Jersey, where the shortline Raritan River Railroad ran. Mat believes that the short trains operating on this line cultivated his interest in small railroads. For the last 15 years, most of his model railroad time has been with the Northern Virginia Ntrak club. Mat lives in Maryland with his wife Erna, son Brian, and daughter Stephanie.

Introduction
The space problem-Fitting scenery and operation into tight areas

1. The Raritan River Railroad
An around-the-tree HO layout

2. The Norwest Terminal
An HO scale cabinet-top switching layout 

3. The Pacific Union Railroad 
An Ntrak module that doubles as a home layout

4. The Pacific Union Extension
A coffee-table N scale layout

5. The Brookeville Division
An N scale layout in an end table 

6. The Freedonia Transportation Authority
An N scale trolley layout on a rolling cart

7. Coal River & Southern
An ultra-lightweight sectional O scale layout

8. Compact Work Area
A portable work station for tools & supplies

9. Additional space-saving ideas
Building folding legs and rolling carts