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Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate My Layout

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:18 PM

steemtrayn

Some people are so poor, all they have is money. 

Eh?

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Posted by Geared Steam on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:00 PM

richhotrain

I'm thinking this.

 

LOL

You need to recycle what you can first!

Remember to invite us over for a wieny roast (before the snow lies anyway) Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 11:58 PM

Geared Steam

 

 
richhotrain

I'm thinking this.

 

 

 

LOL

You need to recycle what you can first!

Remember to invite us over for a wieny roast (before the snow lies anyway) Smile, Wink & Grin

 

 We don't need no stinkin' recycling !

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Posted by Lake on Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:48 PM

At least I have a layout. And it works for operations just fine. 
I like my layout a lot. Of course there are things I would do differently If I was starting from scratch. Since there is no high speed  mainline, perfect strait track like in the real world is not needed.
In my world the track is older and got replaced as needed. Or if I screwed up laying it down, and finely got tired of the section being less then operational.
My #1 complaint is the lack of a climate controlled room. Every thing gets layer of dust and spiderwebs. I can clean the track and engine wheels easily enough. So I only do a complete dusting and vacuuming when I can't stand it any more.

BroadwayLion

LION did tear down a layout because it wasnt working/what him wanted or whatever. It was an ok layout, but it just wasnt where I wanted to be. So it came down. New layout much better. And I can run eight trains at once. How cool is that.

 Well it keeps me off the streets at night.

It is a focus for spare time, and I enjoy working on it, but sometimes I stop work and just let the trains run.

 ROAR

Lions don't need streets. And if I am not mistaken, there are very, very few streets around your area. Maybe some nice dirt roads? Lions can find deer on them.

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Posted by bigpianoguy on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:55 PM

The only thing I hate about my layout is that as it's eight feet up the wall, I'm going to have to buy a second 8-foot ladder to create a scaffold, (to safely complete the landscaping - the underside wiring was, of course, dead easy..) and I'm out of walls to store it on!

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