Ralph Muller’s Hart-built layout

One of the most notable changes in the toy train hobby over the past 10 to 15 years has been the emergence of businesses that design and build layouts. Companies under the direction of an imaginative leader oversee construction of O and S gauge railroads for individuals as well as museums and other public institutions.

Ralph Muller owned so many locomotives, passenger sets, and modern-era freight cars, he knew it was time to construct a layout.