Jay Cain’s O-27 empire was one of the last O gauge layouts to be featured in our sister publication, Model Railroader. This new 12 x 30-foot O gauge layout reflects his wealth of experience in the hobby, along with his artistic and mechanical talents and vast imagination.
Jay Cain’s innovative O gauge layout
By Angela Cotey | October 18, 2013
| Last updated on February 11, 2021
This 12 x 30-foot O gauge layout reflects 60 years of "playing" with electric trains and a career as a designer at Fisher-Price.
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A great show and love the scenery of the town and the coal breaker
Very nice layout
Very entertaining & informative watching. It shows hard work. Thanks
Great layout.
Great modeling and realism.
Great layout . I would like to do one like it.
Beautiful Layout, I'd rather hear the trains though and no music.
Nice. What type of track?
Did you have do make extra wide portals for tunnels for the articulated?
Nice long coal train.
GREAT LAYOUT, LIKE TO SEE MORE.
Great looking layout with great track work, scenery and details. I question the first two scenes showing trains coming out of tunnels and the signals set at green over green for opposing traffic.
Fantastic layout!
The room and the layout all work together for an outstanding experience.
Love to see the whole layout … boat in back. Jack Doherty
Graceful curves. Would have liked to see the trains running more slowly and with a larger view. Thanks for the video.
Beautiful music and night scenes.
amazing awesome realistic layout great details ts
Labor of love nice job
Very nice layout. Thanks for the ideas.
Excellent landscaping – a beautiful layout. I always miss action accessories as part of railroading.
I've seen Jay's layout in person, and it's off the charts! He is a master layout builder and space designer. Unfortunately, the video did not do it full justice. Even the pictures in the magazine failed to capture many of the incredible details Jay puts into his layout. It would probably take an hour-long video or a whole magazine to show it at it's best. I've also seen layouts he's built for others, and they too are awesome.
I also agree with the other comments. A longer video would be good to see the other areas of the layout
I to would've liked to have seen more of the layout, however what I saw was very impressive
I agree. Exciting layout. Needs a longer video.
It was interesting…he has lots of talent!