We had some amazing submissions to our small railroad contest. Congratulations to all the winners!
Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
Congrat to everyone. I really liked the first place winners RR so far. Well done.
While I too really liked the winning layout I was rather surprised by its size. I mean it was larger than my garage layout which was half the garage. In any other scale the area would be considered generous, even large. I considered it modest but not necessarily small. My how the times have changed. When I started 10years ago a layout like the winner would have been quite average in size based on layouts being published in GR at the time. 8' dia curves were considered 'wide' and as wide as one could ever need. Fast forward to today 300 sq ft is now small. R1s are almost unheard of anymore, and 8' dia curves are given as a 'mimimum' for starting now and even they are getting bumped in favor of 10' and 12' curves. Guys like me are dino's looking apprehensively at the skies.
Have fun with your trains
The first place layout is really interesting and well-done. Congrats to all the winners!
Will there be a Large layout contest some day?
Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?
Long live Outdoor Model Railroading.
Marty, wouldn't that be a two horse race between you and Jens Bang??]
How about medeium sized GR say 150' to 200' of track ??
Dave
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
Hey, gang, give us a break! We just finished this contest!
Obviously, we have no immediate plans for another contest, but if we run another, you all will be the first to know.
> Fast forward to today 300 sq ft is now small.
I agree! I should stop calling my layout a Garden Railroad and just call it a test track or something. Sheesh.
TJ
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