To electrolove

[selector]

Good day. I am intrigued by that layout plan you posted a few days back. On the lower left, though, it seems to end abruptly. Was there something else that does not show on your picture? If there is, would you kindly post it for me?

Thanks.

By the way, how about an update?

[electrolove]

selector:

The track that ends abruptly on the lower left is just a fake track for a connection to another railroad.

Track at X circles around to back of layout (hidden interchange with SLSF railroad).

Track at Y leaves the layout to interchange with MP RR

Overall size: 9'-8" x 13'-0", 18"-minimum radius, 22" on main line. My version is a little smaller to fit my room, but not much. I just scanned the trackplan and scaled it in Photoshop to fit my room.

As for the update. The problem for me right now is that I'm waiting for walthers/shinohara flextrack and turnouts from the USA. And it's backordered so I can't build anything. A little frustrating at the moment.



Source: Everything is described in the November 1987 issue of model railroader. The Iron Wood RR by Larry R. Forgard.

[selector]

Ok, thanks for getting back to me. Can you build trees and structures in the meantime? Maybe a bridge that you need? When I got tired of doing one thing, I turned to another to keep pace. Usually it was Aggro-trees or puttiing building kits together, especially my mine, turntable, and roundhouse.

Bummer you have to wait for backordered stuff.

[electrolove]

No problem, I think this forum is so nice. I always get so much help here so when I can do something for another model railroader I do it...

I'm trying to learn Joe Fugate's scenery teckniques at the moment, so I have a little to do. That saves me from going insane [:D]

By the way, why is walters/shinohara always backordered? It seems that many people have problems with that. Are they very popular?

[selector]

Very.

It is funny that there was an extended (and heated) discussion a few weeks back about the state of the hobby, how it was slowly losing numbers. If WS stuff is so popular, and therefore in short supply, how can our hobby be doing so poorly? These are contradictory notions.

To be fair, though, with metal and petroleum prices rising due to increased demand, especially in China, the competition for those things might make it hard for toy manufactures to get materials.

Who knows?

[jkeaton]

The other problem with anything being imported into North America from China is limited port capacity - in China, but especially on the West Coast of Canada and the USA - the congestion has gotten so bad (in port facilities and on rail lines heading east) that some container lines have announced they will sail from China to Eastern N.A. ports to avoid it.

Jim