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Yes, you are right. That is really big. I have a discussion running on a german forum about model trains,the topic is what makes a modelrr professional. <br />There are many points, but one is to have a really good, realistic, fun to operate trackplan which suits the room the rr is going to be in. <br />There are many questions i am asking myself, before i start to plan. <br />for example: <br />-what kind of trains am i going to run ? <br />-mainline or branchline ? both ? <br />-what kind of industries are going to be on the layout ? <br />-what area is the layout going to represent ? <br />-modern or past times ? <br />-can i justify why the tracks are there where they are ? or did i just put them somewhere because it looks nice ? <br />-what sense does it make? <br />-what is the optimum between fun, realism and the possibilities given by the room the layout is in. <br /> <br />I do not think that UP is building a yard, without a detail plan. They know what they are doing. <br />I want to plan a good layout, which makes fun. <br />I want to know what i am doing. To be honest, there would be no way for me at the moment to plan a good layout. <br />If somebody is an engineer, he knows how that works. <br />So i try to find out what i can, and to take a look at the real world. <br /> <br />There is a magazine in germany, which shows professional private layouts. <br />sometimes one layout per magazine. <br />I am totally astonished, about how much they know. Some of these people can explain everything on their layout. <br />It is similar to the annual model railroader (10 dream layouts). These issues are the best. They show some high end railroading. <br />I have build some standard layouts already. And i found out, that it is really tough to build a professional layout. <br /> <br />Take a look at my website, to see some US layouts build in europe.
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