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<p>[quote user="railandsail"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">Sir Madog</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>There is an open "secret" to successful model railroad planning and it is the understanding of the how and why of real railroad operation. The best way to dig into the matter is to read John Armstrong´s famous book "Track Planning For Realistic Operation" - check <a href="https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12148" target="_blank">this</a>.</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;">I must voice a slight disagreement with this quote,...not the book reference,... but the need for a full understanding of how real railroads operate.</div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;">In many situations, particularly smaller MODEL railroad layouts, we can NOT hope to duplicate a real railroad's operation. I think its more important to enhance the imagery, whether that involves detailing structures/scenes, of just run/display the fabulously detained model trains we have these days (and the advancement in molding plastics that have brought ever greater detail to our model trains in the past 10-15 years,...it rivals brass).</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br />First off you have define the amount and shape of your availabble space, that makes a BIG difference. Then search thru all the dwgs, photos, etc for something that might appeal to you,...then try to STUFF that into your space,...ha...ha...ha</div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I agree and I also disagree, Brian!</p> <p>My own layout is a mere loop of track with a stub-end siding and there is no way one could operate that layout in a prototypical fashion. However, my aim with that layout was not to operate it in that manner, but to provide a stage for my rather detailed trains - a stage, which captures the setting of my selected prototype, The Rhaetian Railway, a electrified narrow gauge line in Switzerland. I know quite a few other model railroaders with the same choice of prototype, which have built exact copies of prototype locations, who operate their layout according to the prototype practice and schedule.</p> <p>How "successful" a layout design finally is, depends on what rocks your boat!</p>
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