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hi, seems to me you are making the wrong tour on memory lane; you are mixing dreams of your youth with an well thought over layout for an adult. You seem to want the 8x4 of your childhood with a 30" radius; the helicopter view and trains at eyelevel. Just some plain math for a starter. A 30" radius needs a almost 6 feet wide table; L-shaped or not. Your reach-in possibilities are between 24" and 30". You must have access to the centre (the donut) or from all sides (island-type
hi this a response on your second posting. we are coming closer but you are still on the wrong track. [quote user="rjake4454"]The problem with the donut, although it creates easier access, it limits how much action you can pack on your layout. Usually you're restricted to simple loops, and visitors have told us that ours looked pretty boring because of this.[/quote] This has probably more to do with the chosen radius, the large engines that are dwarfing your pike, then with the donut
hi some remarks and questions. Do I read you well? You seem not so sure about the trackplan; you must be able to change it later, so it has to be done with snaptrack. BTW I do not like the trackplan at all, and I am pretty sure you will change it very soon. Using flextrack, and forgetting about the scenery at first, gives you the oppertunity to change your plan at low costs. You'r in good company; David Barrow is doing the very same. In the mean time you can learn a lot about track-laying. And
Hi Geraldo, I've drawn two plans for a reason. The waterwing or dogbone is possible in your new space, but radius and switch number are rather limited. My first concern would be the steam engines with their long rigid wheelframe. Multiply the length of your longest engine (without the tender) times 4 and you have a minimum radius. Do the same with the length of your longest coach, now times 3, and you have a minimum radius again. Take the biggest of the two and you have your minimum radius. It
[quote user="Texas Zepher"] Is this a European prototype layout?[/quote] No, this is not prototypical at all, but the design is definitely European. A passenger station as centre of the layout. The OP does run freight trains, and want to do it from his armchair. His layout reminds me to all the small pikes I have seen as a teen (50 yrs ago). The Castle Rock part is well done. But his pike lacks operational quality, question is if that is OP's deepest desire. The OP has allready two
Hi Aralai, I've put some idea's on paper. Only the staging is on an other location, and I added a passing siding. The minimum radius is 22"and switches are #4 unless indicated differently on the plan. Have fun and keep smiling Paul
Hi aralai In another thread I confessed I did never get really into scenery building, because I changed my layout to often. Only the blob at the right and the peninsula were done. Paul And yes, south of the green line is staging.
Hi Aralai, in the past a wagon, drawn by a team of horses, could bring their cargo to the railroad by pulling the wagon aside a waiting freight car. Today we would call it a (small) transloading facility and trucks are used. Paul
hi, I second the opinion of Uhlrich, about Stein being one of best for helping you. If you are going to change the benchwork anyhow, you could also give some thoughts to layout heigth. I am not that sure, but my impression is your bench is built a bit low. (a 50" heigth at least would be nice) If you like to run trains, it is translated by me into : you want a as long as possible mainline. TMHO this can easily lead to a complete redo of your bench, because a peninsula in the centre of the room
Hi Kirtdog, [quote user="kirtdog"]i do want to have some long trains running. I was set on the double mainline but I don't know if that is a necessity even though i would prefer it.[/quote] Problem is you have to take a decission sooner or later. A double track mainline is great if you want to run two long trains at the same time unattended. But running round and round again will be a bit boring after time. And then other aspects are coming in, switching local industries, servicing
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