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O27 Trolley Layout Designs!

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Posted by M. Mitchell Marmel on Monday, October 6, 2014 4:18 AM

cheapclassics

Mitch,

Those are some cool designs.  Thanks for posting them.   I have a Polar Express Trolley on order and some of those might work for me.

Mike: 

My pleasure!  I find that the modern Lionel trolleys handle switches and crossings better with a bit of weight in 'em.  I recommend an ounce or so at either end...

And, of course, all of these layouts are perfectly suitable for use with regular O27 trains, too! 

Keep on trolleying! 

Mitch

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Posted by cheapclassics on Sunday, October 5, 2014 11:20 PM

Mitch,

Those are some cool designs.  Thanks for posting them.   I have a Polar Express Trolley on order and some of those might work for me. 

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

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O27 Trolley Layout Designs!
Posted by M. Mitchell Marmel on Sunday, October 5, 2014 8:09 AM

Over the past few years, I've been coming up with ways of modeling various prototype and other traction layouts using O27 track and switches. Here's a sampling of some designs!

Frankford and Delaware Ave loop, Philadelphia: 

Fkd & Delaware Loop

Inlet carbarn, Atlantic City:

1 Inlet Carbarn v.1

Portland Ave loop, Ventnor: 

2 Portland Ave v.1

Douglas Avenue, Margate, NJ: 

3a Douglas Ave v.2

Longport Loop, Longport, NJ: 

4 Longport Loop v.2

Willow Grove Terminal, Philadelphia:

Willow Grove v.1

Broad and Olney Terminal, Philadelphia: 

Broad-Olney v.1

A butterfly Grand Union: 

Semi-Grand Union

And finally, a freelance modular layout:      

 

Terminal Loop

Straight Double Track

Double Track Curve

Narrow to Wide

4-Track Loopv2

Modular

Hope this inspires someone!

 

Mitch

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