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your estimate on cost per foot?

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:29 PM

 New section, K-10 Mining has cost me around $1000.00 and is a 9.5 foot X 5.0 foot.

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Posted by Dallas Model Works on Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:43 PM

It's all amortized over time anyway.

Don't start adding up what you spend on coffee!

 

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Posted by NS2591 on Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:54 PM
 Dallas Model Works wrote:

It's all amortized over time anyway.

Don't start adding up what you spend on coffee!

 

As an Employee in a Coffee Shop/Bakery I know what you mean. (And I work Second/Third Shift) Anyways when I figured my rough cost per Sq. ft. I didn't figure in locos or rolling stock. This is another one of those cases of variables(I hate math) I run primarly all Kato engines, each one has a 30 Dollar decoder, but Most where bought second hand. so about 70-80 for a used engine and about 100 for a new one. I also use Micro-trains, Atlas and Intermountain equipment. so thats about 12 bucks per car, I currently have 60 or so cars on the layout but thats not counting my passenger train, or Intermodal train. I also have a bunch of 60ft boxs I don't run so. I figure with Rolling stock, DCC, and Locos my cost probably goes up to about 60 sq ft for the Rural areas and 70-80 for the industrial areas 

Jay Norfolk Southern Forever!!

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