Anyone here has a 6x10 layout? If so, can you pm me? I want to see what it can be done and how it looks like.
Thanks,
Rudy
Mine is 5x12, which gives the same square footage. For a free-standing "table" layout, 5 feet is about the maximum width, because you can't reach more than about 2 1/2 feet in from the edge to work on the layout or fix problems that might happen in the center.
I first put down a lower layer, just a simple loop with a passing siding, really, which is a subway system. I ran two tracks up to the main layer, which is again a single loop with a passing siding, a crossover diagonal track, a yard off of that and a turntable and roundhouse. There are a couple of other miscellaneous sidings, too.
The subways are almost completely hidden, and can only be directly seen from the edges where the stations are. I've got a number of small lift-offs for access if, well, lets make that when, necessary. I put a small video camera in the lead car of the subway train to see what's going on down below.
My computer disk crashed, so I can't post the track plan anymore. Sorry.
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Model Railroader did a project layout - the Ma and Pa - that was 6ft x 10 ft. It started in the December 1964 issue and ran through most of 1965. The Ma and Pa featured 22 inch radius curves, Atlas #4 turnouts, and flex track.
The big difference between the Ma and Pa and other MR project layouts is that it was designed to be built in phases. The 1st phase was an oval with a couple of spurs. Then a small yard was added. If you got to the final phase, you had a loop-to-loop schematic, with a cutoff for a continuous loop. There were 2 or 3 short passing tracks, and a 3 track yard, and reasonable switching opportunities.
But running 2-3 trains simultaneously on a table-top loop to loop schematic is really much better suited to DCC (with auto-reversers installed), which of course wasn't available at the time. If running more than one train with conventional DC on the Ma and Pa, block toggle and direction switch throwing would be an important skill.
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rudyy wrote:If so, can you pm me?
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