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Wow, I am overwhelmed! all that valuable input! Stein - I very much like your idea, because it could mean a "slow start" for him, building a diorama/module (the right part) and expand it later on - will talk to him about that. Is it Peco code 75 track? Paul - I am (up to now ) pretty in choosing region and area. My friend wants to have an "American-style" layout and has not yet made up his mind, what that is in his eyes. Given the space limitations, any "big" railroading will have to be excluded, leaving branchline or shortline operation as viable options. I am sure he wants to run a small steam loco, but also likes Diesels. I will talk to him about this bit (and maybe help him a little to find the "right" direction. One issue will be certainly the cost of building the layout. My friend has also only little cash available to be spend on a layout. This means as few turnouts as possible, without giving up an interesting operation. Turnouts and turntables will eventually manually controlled, buildings and structured scratch-built. Modeling on a shoestring budget - certainly a challenge, if you have to acquire all materials. Colesdad - the Alaska RR plan is a layout idea I developed last year, before we lost our house and moved to the little flat we are now living in. It is a shelf-switcher, loosely based on the ARR. Here is the plan: <img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/ARRPortofSeward-Alternative1.jpg?t=1286722719" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" />
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