Has anyone considered more than 1 layout?

[cnw1995]

I wonder what Neil B. (editor for CTT) plans to build next? His editorial in the May issue notes his teardown of layout number 4.

[Anonymous]

Have a 6x12 PW/tinplate layout 054-042 loops and action in the middle, soon to have a shelf extension and reverse loop. This pup will porobably grow "around the room" which is 11 x 18.

Also just started a standard gauge layout for my 38+35+35+36 set. Probably just a 4x8 at first. Ladies and gentlemen - standard gauge is terrible affliction. There is no known cure. Stay away. Just send any offending items diretly to me for proper disposal...

[Anonymous]

I have more than one layout. First of all, there is my O and S gauge layout. It is a large U-shaped layout that is done in the traditional tinplate style with the trains, track and accessories set up on green carpet. At the other end of the basement, I have my HO layout, which is large and L-shaped and is a more realistic type of layout. I started out with HO as a kid and even though I've become a passionate tinplate collector and operator, I still love it and would never abandon it. In addition, I have a smaller (about 5'x9') Tri-ang OO layout.

These are back at my house in my hometown. In the apartment I'm living in while going to university here in the city, I have a 5'x9' O27 layout, so I guess that's another layout.

[phillyreading]

Currently I have two, an H.O. and an O gauge/027 layout. My wife got me interested in H.O., and now I have two layouts as the two sizes don't look good together. On my O gauge Layout I have a small amount of S gauge American Flyer trains. Some of the American Flyer trains are harder to repair than Lionel but look more realistic, especially the two rail track.
I am also working on an H.O. race car set as I have some of the original Thunderjet 500
cars made by Aroura and some of the first AFX cars. Just to mention, I bought an H.O. race car set(for $20.00) with vibrater motors in the cars and sold it for $210.00 on ebay,
I could not believe the price people will pay for stuff on ebay.
Lee Fritz

[vsmith]

The last thread was in 2006. I don't think Dave , the OP, has been active here for a while.

[rtraincollector]

V8Vega

A thread on the Model Railroad forum titled Starting Over Ironrooster on 5-1-11 said some spend years building one layout, others build many layouts over the years, some even have several layouts at once. I knew that of coarse but I thought it was well said. Which one are you?

I am working on my O layout.and the framework is up for a HO layout all planned out. I also have a very small HO layout built years ago. I was out of the hobby for years so after senery is roughed in on my O I want to get my small HO going again to reaquaint myself with HO and then build my bigger HO layout.

Dennis  San Fernando Valley CA.

I'm presently building a shelf/ceiling layout that started out to be an standard gauge layout but noticed I have room for actually 2 up there so plan to move the standard gauge to the back and build a O-27 in front will put the Standard Gauge on either 1X4's or 2X4's to give it a little lift in the back. Then plan to build an O gauge layout in the room and it will be apox 8' X 16'

[balidas]

Yup. A layout for the grandkids, a combination of Marx and postwar Lionel. A Super O layout. A layout for my girlfriend who loves Marx litho and someday a Standard/ Wide gauge layout.

[vsmith]

OK then if we are restarting this thread, I have two small O layouts, one for pre war tinplate and one for postwar Marx.Two pizza layouts in G And one very small pizza layout in HOn30.

[rtraincollector]

Every once in a while its good to go revisit and get new comments from older threads as things change and so do situations of different folks.

[wallyworld]

One traditional portable 11X 6 Marx layout and a 3x5 windup Xmas coffee table type display. If I had to do it over, I wouldn't ..No more layout tear downs! well...If I sold off everything, maybe standard gauge, that's about the only gauge I haven't built a layout for outside of microscopic Z gauge. I wouldn't mind see a photo essay on a Z layout just out of simple curiosity..I wonder how in the world they couple-uncouple those cars..with a tweezers? I had enough problems with N..reliable but too small for the kid in me. I would need binoculars to see where the train was with my eyesight.

[Captaincog]

I currently have the permanent layout with Fastrack and I am up to 2 portable layouts using O27 tubular track. Fun stuff.

[laz 57]

I have two working layouts.  One big one for the town and Intermodal yard and for my logging set up.  The other will be mainly for a coaling operation.  All layout are far from being done and a lot more thought has to go into them.

WONDER WHERE DAVE  IS NOW?

laz57

[Boyd]

I have considered making sections of about 6-7 feet from 2 Lionel 027 long straights screwed down to cut plywood so I can take them outside and run my 33 Lionel 9013 cars on one long straight section. Loops at each end would be at least 72 circles.

[nickaix]

For several years, I have been getting my train fix working on the layout at my parents--but I think I'm finally ready for a small layout that will fit in my apartment. Add me to the two-layout club!

[balidas]

Where's Penny Trains response in this thread? I think she has like 15 different layouts.

[Brutus]

Yeah, miss Dave and his posts about his layout and BB

[dsmith]

Here are my current layouts.  All are located in our small basement (except for the Christmas tree layout in our living room)

1.  5' x 9' with 2' x 5' extention 027 Lionel postwar layout (this is my BIG layout)

2.  4' x 7' HO layout

3.  3 1/2' x 5' Marx tinplate layout (currently under construction)

4.  Christmas layout (temporary)  Marx tinplate under the tree, HO loop in the tree and N loop in the tree (up higher).

 

 

 

 

[trainlover35]

1 small N, 1 large O in benchwork process, 1 large N in trackwork and wiring.   So I guess my answer is yes.