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I would like to know if there have been any other layouts aboard ships. Mine was the only one aboard that ship and, since my junior officer, ENS. Duane Dunwoodie, was also a model railroader, we had a lot of interesting operating sessions, particularly during rough weather when the grade changed continuously. My layout was 40"X80" , just as big as my bunk and was stowed under the top bunk over mine. At the time, I had just one roommate, although there were three bunks in the room. The design was just a loop of premounted brass Japanese track with a reversing route and two sets of sidings off each end of the reversing route. Since the radius of the turnouts had to be fairly small, they were handmade without the use of a track gauge. They operated well and we didn't have any derailings as a result of their construction, although the rough weather and high seas did cause a few.
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