QUOTE: Originally posted by Jetrock A table wiht a track, transformer and train is a train set, not a model railroad. It doesn't need to be an empire, in fact a few square feet is all you need, but it's just more fun when it looks like a layout, not a bare circle of track!
QUOTE: Originally posted by glcole61 A layout is a miniature world, created by imagination.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1 I hate to tell you this Texas Zepher, but topics do get repeated once in a while here on the forum-though not always on purpose. I apologize if I've offended you by doing so. I'll be sure and return the favor by pointing out any topic you might write as being "run into the ground" as well if I get the chance. Yesh, lighten up, sounds like you're really stressing over this. Nothing offends me! It was a real question. I didn't remember if it was here or some other form. It ended up being a polarized discussion where there were two apparently unmovable points until some 3rd party people came in and began putting definitions to the terms people were using. As it came out almost everyone agreed on the principles but were using different terms. When some people say "layout" they are talking about their whole model railroad. But now that you mention it, there does seem to be a sudden rash of trivial and/or redundant 'polls' and 'topics' being posted. It is like some folks just want to read what is on the first page here, ignore the rest, and others possibly just want to run up their "star rating"?!. And actually I really like the polls. I just wish people would put a bit more thought into properly formulating the question and even more thought into proper answers.
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1 I hate to tell you this Texas Zepher, but topics do get repeated once in a while here on the forum-though not always on purpose. I apologize if I've offended you by doing so. I'll be sure and return the favor by pointing out any topic you might write as being "run into the ground" as well if I get the chance.
Have fun with your trains
QUOTE: Originally posted by Bergie I look at it like this... Ribs... you might like yours slathered in bar-b-que sauce, while some of our friends from Texas might insist that the perfect rack of ribs consists of nothing more than a hand-full of spices and time spent on the perfect smoke pit. In the end, they're both still considered ribs. Deep thought, isn't it? (Now I'm hungry!) Bergie
QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1 To some people, a layout is nothing more than a table with a track, transformer and train on it, while others have to have it all. I personally am one of those people that has to have it all or it just ain't a layout... Technically, I believe the "layout" would be the track plan of anything with track. All model railroads would therefore have a layout, but not everything with a layout would be a model railroad. Didn't we run this topic into the ground back in February/March?
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1 To some people, a layout is nothing more than a table with a track, transformer and train on it, while others have to have it all. I personally am one of those people that has to have it all or it just ain't a layout...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly Mister Beasley and clinchvalley, I agree 100 percent. If it has to do with track and trains and makes the owner happy - it's a layout. I'm a little confused elsewise on where the line would be drawn and the person can say "hey, that's my layout." When the track plan is drawn? When the benchwork is done? When just the mainline is laid so that the some trains can run? When all the trackwork is done? When the configuration of the track meets some criteria for operability? When the scenery is roughed out? etc etc. Too confusing to me.