Curious....How many passenger or freight stations do you have on your layout? How many station platforms and do your platforms service a single track or do they service a track along each side of the platform? As always, many thanks.
My new layout is still very under construction, with very few buildings on it. Those that are on it are for getting an idea of what will fit where.
My old layout had a plasticville suburban station, and Lionel 2133 lighted station. It also had a plasticville freight platform and two Lionel passenger platforms. One of the passenger platforms was between two tracks, but the tracks met at a switch 3 sections later. Both the passenger platforms were on an elevated point to point trolley line.
I guess I should add that my last layout was an L shaped 8x12 (2 sheets of plywood) with a 1x12 elevated trolley line. Certainly not the biggest of layouts.
J White
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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RT.....didn't Lionel make a jail for the Suthins? Better than a station.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
RT, here is what you need to liven up that new layout.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300237087932#ebayphotohosting
Sorry for highjacking this thread but I couldn't resist the temptation.
Perfect link, John, but the guys have to be disarmed somehow, now back to amputation thread.
There are seven passenger or freight stations on the layout. They include :
779 Drum loader
23796 Sawmill
766 Animated Station
755 Talking Station and the 789 Baggage Smasher
Two 586 Wayside Stations
I've got a 770 Baggage Platform but can't figure where to put it, any suggestions?
Jim
Wow, Jim! What a set up! What are your board dimensions?
9.5' x 6.5', powered by a 300 watt 30B and a 17B 190 watt vintage transformers, here is the control panel
Jim,
Thats a nice control panel you built there!
Is that Oak with clearcoat or a light stain?
Did your inspiration come from the old model builder mags?
Minwax Golden Oak with a satin poly. I dust wth a swifler on an extendable pole. I also have a filter over the supply air duct and keep the door closed when possible.
Yes, and I do windows too. Forgot the third question. Inspiration was from an original American Flyer flyer.
jefelectric wrote: RT, here is what you need to liven up that new layout.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300237087932#ebayphotohosting Sorry for highjacking this thread but I couldn't resist the temptation.
I guess chief is the one on the strecher with the confederatte flag next to him
rtraincollector wrote: jefelectric wrote: RT, here is what you need to liven up that new layout.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300237087932#ebayphotohosting Sorry for highjacking this thread but I couldn't resist the temptation. I guess chief is the one on the strecher with the confederatte flag next to him
WHAT THE GUESTS LOOKED LIKE IN CHIEF'S YARD AFTER HIS JULY 4TH COOKOUT WHEN HE SERVED HIS MENU OF VARMINTS AND GRITS. TOO MANY LEAD PELLETS IN THE BBQ'D VARMINT, AND THE GRITS.....THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. WONDER IF HE REMOVED THE FUR.
JACK
Good question. I have three main lines, two interchange tracks, a small yard and a separate loop for trolleys. So it's a bit of a miscellany. The latter has a single stop. I turned around a Dickens Village building with an extended solid platform that looks like concrete I made from kid blocks for a small passenger station.
One interchange has two oil tanks and their assorted loading equipment. Basically it's just to break up the scenery as the trolley loop is behind it. I sometimes park a tanker there.There's a factory 'flat' I made from a Plastiville airport hanger along one main line in one far corner.A freight platform, water and coal stop and passenger 'halt' serve another main line. A Marx station and Lionel platform serve another main line but at a junction.I have a few HO size buildings along the far side of the layout to add the illusion of distance but I don't stop at them. Finally, in the front of the layout, there's a major station made from a Plasticville school with platforms across all three main lines.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
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