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QUOTE: Originally posted by knewsom QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy I actually prefer figuring out the "footprint" of the layout, laying ONLY the mainline (to get trains up & running) and figuring out the rest of the plan later. Sometimes things that look good on paper don't look good in reality. Sometimes they don't work at all! I agree with OSONROY on this one. I have spent an awful lot of time designing and redesigning my layout, and I finally got frustrated because I was not spending any time building enough of the layout so that I could run trains. I finally decided to just focus on my mainline, and once that is completed (hopefully this weekend) I will look at the space I have left and determine what spurs and sidings I want to add. I have decided on the industries that I want, I just need to make sure they will fit in certain areas of my layout. I have an 18 1/2' x 14' area for the layout and there were so many possibilities that I just could not decide on one.
QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy I actually prefer figuring out the "footprint" of the layout, laying ONLY the mainline (to get trains up & running) and figuring out the rest of the plan later. Sometimes things that look good on paper don't look good in reality. Sometimes they don't work at all!
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Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon
Modeling the B&M Railroad during the transition era in Lowell, MA
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Modeling the NKP's Peoria Division, circa 1943