My choices in order of preferance:
#9 Whisper River
#13 Venango & Erie
#12 Ward City Mead & Eckley
#6 Turkey Trail Railroad
#3 Loup Creek RR
They all had some cool element to them, but here is my top 5:
1)Ward City Mead & Eckley2)Turkey Trail Railroad3)RAT Lines4)Du Bois and Punxzy5)Newport Northern
last mountain n eastern hogger wrote:My wife says you have too much time on your hands.
Texas Zepher wrote: last mountain n eastern hogger wrote:My wife says you have too much time on your hands.What does she do between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. every morning?
You know, I hadn't thought about it before. It would be kinda nice to have a life. Maybe get a hobby. Anyone have a suggestion?
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
1st-Loopy Bridge and Terminal
2nd-RAT Line
3rd-Seirra Mesa
4th-Newport Northern
5th-DeBois and Punxzy
All appear well thought out and I would enjoy seeing this more often (twice a year?)
Ken
1. Rat Lines
2. Newport Northern
3. Loup Creek RR
4.Sierra Mesa Southwestern
5. Helix Mountain
SpaceMouse wrote: Texas Zepher wrote: last mountain n eastern hogger wrote:My wife says you have too much time on your hands.What does she do between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. every morning?You know, I hadn't thought about it before. It would be kinda nice to have a life. Maybe get a hobby. Anyone have a suggestion?
Chip, you forgot to put the whistling smiley after your comment!
I've voted once, so I won't vote again. Looking forward to the result.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Whisper River
Loopy Bridge
Newport Northern
Ward City
RAT Lines
1. Loopy Bridge and Terminal Railroad
2. Du Bois and Punxzy
3. Ward City Mead & Eckley
4. Turkey Trail Railroad
Bump
Still time to vote for your favorite !
TerryinTexas
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This was fun.
1. Newport Northern
2. RAT lines
3.DuBois & Punxzy
4. Whisper River
5. Ward City Mead & Eckley
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
1. DUBOIS AND PUNXZY
2. TURKEY TRAIL
3. WHISPER RIVER
4. LOPPY BRIDGE
5. VENANGO & ERIE
These plans are also a good idea for the Nscale crowd ....
GO Army beat Navy
Good work to all designers. Here are my picks:
1. Du Bois and Punxzy
2. Rader Authority Of Transit (RAT Lines)
3. Sierra Mesa Southwestern
4. Ward City Mead & Eckley
5. Loopy Bridge and Terminal Railroad
TONY
"If we never take the time, how can we ever have the time." - Merovingian (Matrix Reloaded)
My top five:
2. Loopy Bridge and Terminal (sorry Stein )
3. RAT Lines
4. Becket & Berkshires
Svein
Wow! Such great layouts by all! My fav's; 1) Loop Creek R R 2) Venango & Erie 3) Sierra Mesa Southwestern 4) Bechet & Berkshires 5) DuBois & Punxzy
great to be ckin' the site again. tks.
cooltech
Okay, got a minor glitch out of the way (Thanks, Chip!), so here are my five (as others said, it's very close!):
1) DuBois and Punxsy
2) Sierra Mesa Southwestern
3) RAT Lines
4) Loopy Bridge and Terminal Railroad
5) Venago and Erie
Best wishes for the winners (and your bragging rights )!
Jim in Cape Girardeau
1. ward
2. rat
3. dubouis
4. loopy
5. whisper
1) Ward City - because it offers a continuous run and hidden staging and challenging, yet simple and manageable, switching. Also much of the exposed track is placed at various angles which helps to prevent a symetrical look and the view block on an angle creates two different scenes which is a bonus. It would also be possible to run two trains concurrently - one switching the upper level and one running around the loop on the lower level. I like this one a lot.
2) Loopy Bridge - because it also offers continuous running, switching and a view block. I gave this one a few points less than Ward City only because much of the track and the view block is parallel to the sides of the benchwork. Otherwise this one is darn good.
3) Turkey Trail - because of the continuous run capablity and reasonable switching opportunities. This one also has plenty of room for scenic elements because it doesn't have track jammed into every open spot on the layout. I knocked off a couple of points because much of the trackwork is parallel to the benchwork and without a runaround of some sort at the top of the plan, switching the two spurs at the top would be difficult. Otherwise a very good effort.
4) Du Bois and Punxzy - because of the random shape of the view block and a novel approach to what essentially is a twice around layout. I knocked off a few points because there are probably three or four too many yard tracks for my taste where that space could be better used for scenic elements. Also too many tracks are exactly parallel to the benchwork. Otherwise another very nice effort.
5) Whisper River may have some possibilities but I had a difficult time trying to decipher the plan. In the authors description I did like the idea of using selective compression to add depth. I also like the idea of multiple gauges - standard and narrow - all in one layout. Another good effort.
As for the rest, they didn't really do anything for me but that's just me.
Here are my picks ranked 1 - 5:
#1 - Ward City Mead & Eckley
#2 - Venango & Erie
#3 - Loopy Bridge and Terminal Railroad
#4 - Whisper River
#5 - RAT Lines
Thanks!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
SpaceMouse wrote:Still neck and neck and neck
SM:
When does voting end? If the tie isn't broken by then, we could just have a tiebreaker round.
Tuesday midnight PDT. I doubt there will be a tie, but right now there are three layouts that are within 10 of each other and everyone else has less than half the votes. And it changes every few voters.
Stein has been keeping a running tally in Excel. But I don't think the tally should affect the voting so I'm glad he's not posting it.
SpaceMouse wrote:The rules: ... most cut here ....... the industry should fit.... There should be access roads to the industies (real or implied). Industries can also be implied--such as a coal conveyor coming from the other side of a hill. You should have a plan for scenery ( at least describe how it works.) In other words, it has to be finishable.
... the industry should fit.... There should be access roads to the industies (real or implied). Industries can also be implied--such as a coal conveyor coming from the other side of a hill.
You should have a plan for scenery ( at least describe how it works.) In other words, it has to be finishable.
Mouse the views if some are like me are high because we are looking to see what has been voted on. Thanks for the fun thread Mouse.
Mike
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
1) Ward City
2) Du Bois
3) Turkey Trail
4) Venango - Has promise as a beginner's layout, with the addition of a second loop track on the "left" side as a passing track for a second train.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
stebbycentral wrote: 1) Ward City2) Du Bois3) Turkey Trail4) Venango - Has promise as a beginner's layout, with the addition of a second loop track on the "left" side as a passing track for a second train.
And your number 5 is ? You have only handed out 24 out of your 25 points.
Smile,Stein
Not really impressed with the rest of the contenders. Don't like the plans that do not allow for continuious running. Suspicious of the one's that include turntables, because the roundhouse tends to become a dominant item in the scenery. Those designs might work best for a 1890's type layout, with the smaller engines and small engine facilities.
If you are going to twist my arm though, I'd have to give 5th place to the Sierra Mesa. It's a good beginner's layout despite the "been there, done that" design look.