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:)
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.
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.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
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.
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
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.
1. ward
2. rat
3. dubouis
4. loopy
5. whisper
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
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
My top five:
1. Du Bois and Punxzy
2. Loopy Bridge and Terminal (sorry Stein )
3. RAT Lines
4. Becket & Berkshires
5. Ward City Mead & Eckley
Svein
Good work to all designers. Here are my picks:
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)
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
This was fun.
1. Newport Northern
2. RAT lines
3.DuBois & Punxzy
4. Whisper River
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Bump
Still time to vote for your favorite !
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
1. Loopy Bridge and Terminal Railroad
2. Du Bois and Punxzy
3. Ward City Mead & Eckley
4. Turkey Trail Railroad
Whisper River
Loopy Bridge
Newport Northern
Ward City
RAT Lines
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?
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?
last mountain n eastern hogger wrote:My wife says you have too much time on your hands.
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)
1. Rat Lines
2. Newport Northern
3. Loup Creek RR
4.Sierra Mesa Southwestern
5. Helix Mountain
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
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
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
Great thread, here you go
1-Du Bois and Punxzy
2-Loopy Bridge and Terminal Railroad
3-Rader Authority Of Transit (RAT Lines)
4-Turkey Trail Railroad
5-Venango & Erie
It took me about 2 hours of looking at each one in depth, tracing train movements, looking at realism, suggested scenery, operations complexity (simplicity?), difficulty of track work, and quite a bit more. I went through somewhere around 15 sheets of paper (that's over 1 sheet per design using both sides!) taking notes and marking things down (or up as it may be).
My top five, going from first to last...
I have to say, that all of the designs really made me think. A few of them really were hard to imagine because of the trackwork, but the top 5 I listed really "popped" out at me.
The Ward City M&E really gave me some ideas for my next layout, and I'll probably incorporate a few things from the "RAT" as well.
Now it's time for me to go crawl into bed with the Chief Financial Officer so that she won't freeze my assets (AKA: I don't want to get stuck on the couch )
This space reserved for SpaceMouse's future presidential candidacy advertisements