10 x16 layout contest

[j610]

 Hello. Just wondering if there has been a 10 x 16 layout contest. I have the room, I have the time,just no ideas yet.   RON

[steinjr]

 Hello. Just wondering if there has been a 10 x 16 layout contest. I have the room, I have the time,just no ideas yet.  

RON

 Chip (Spacemouse) has run 4 contests om these forums so far :
  - 4x8 H0 scale layout
  - 2x8 H0 scale shelf layout
  - 10x12 any scale layout
  - Sheet-of-ply any scale layout

 Like to the plans: http://www.chipengelmann.com/Trains/Layouts.html

 But more important than looking at other plans for inspiration is to come up with your own vision: when you close your eyes and imagine the perfect layout for you - what are you picturing ?

 - Steam engines, diesel engines, electric engines ? 
 - Passenger trains or freight trains ? 
 - 1880s? 1950s ? 1970s ? Today ?
 - Long trains running across the plains ?
 - A shortline trundling down an overgrown track through a forrest ?`
 - Switching cars among run down inner city factories cramped conditions ?
 - A logging line with Shay engines and switchbacks ?

 What role do you envision for yourself ? 
 - Just watching the trains roll by ? 
 - Dispatching trains and arranging meets ? 
 - Being an engineer switching a plant ?

  And please don't say "a little of each" - that doesn't work. If you could automagically have someone else build a dream layout for you - what would you want ? 

  That is where you start. Coming up with a track plan comes later.

 Good luck with coming up with a vision and then a plan and a layout!

 Smile,
 Stein

 

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... I have the room, I have the time,just no ideas yet. 

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