SO, Stein, old buddy... Since you're counting the votes,... what kind of booze do you like?
Huey Long
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
wm3798 wrote: SO, Stein, old buddy... Since you're counting the votes,... what kind of booze do you like?Huey Long
He likes MY kind!
BRAKIE wrote: Chip,Being a fan of ISLs its a tough call..My choices is:Yorklyn DelawaredandBrooklyn Terminal Railroad
Chip,Being a fan of ISLs its a tough call..
My choices is:
Yorklyn Delawared
and
Brooklyn Terminal Railroad
I am going to assume that you listed them in order - ie
#1: Yorklyn, #2: Brooklyn, #3: <none-yn>
Tell me if I have misunderstood your intension.
Smile,Stein
Man tough ! Okay .
1) Angry Beaver
2) Western Md
3) Old west
yougottawanta wrote: Man tough ! Okay .1) Angry Beaver2) Western Md3) Old west
Excellent - thank you!
And sorry about being so - umm - something I am probably not allowed to write here.
Guess I am the resident Soup Nazi in this thread
Grin, Stein
Anonnymous wrote: The cassette on the Angry Beaver its not part of the original plywood sheet, as I do not consider a removable cassette to be a permanent physical part of the layout benchwork as it can be taken off, The contest rules point out that the Plywood must be used for the permanent layout proper, most removable cassettes I have seen have been either fabricated out of metal or plastic and designed to be quickly attached or detatched to the layout. As designed the layout technicaly doenst need it and it could be eliminated, as the spur next to the engine house leading to the cassette could also act as the "fiddle yard" to add or remove cars or whole trains, operations on the layout would not be effective by the removal of the cassette. I just wanted an mental "off layout" option for this function. Hope that clears it up.
The cassette on the Angry Beaver its not part of the original plywood sheet, as I do not consider a removable cassette to be a permanent physical part of the layout benchwork as it can be taken off, The contest rules point out that the Plywood must be used for the permanent layout proper, most removable cassettes I have seen have been either fabricated out of metal or plastic and designed to be quickly attached or detatched to the layout. As designed the layout technicaly doenst need it and it could be eliminated, as the spur next to the engine house leading to the cassette could also act as the "fiddle yard" to add or remove cars or whole trains, operations on the layout would not be effective by the removal of the cassette. I just wanted an mental "off layout" option for this function.
Hope that clears it up.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
I have a softness for logging and old west.
1. Angry Beaver - Awesome plan in O-Scale, and the name can't be beat. I saved this plan, I have been considering O-scale in the future. Great job.
2. Old West - Like others have mentioned, I don't model in N-Scale, but if I was going to, this is one of two plans I would consider.
3. Petaluma Lumber Company - Same as above, plan 2.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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I am in n-scale mostly, so a bit biased.
1 WM
2 Angry Beaver
3 Old west
greetings,
Marc Immeker
1) Angry Beaver Logging Company - Just because it's On30 and we rule!
2) Brandywine Springs Amusement Park - I like layouts that are a departure from the ordinary. And it also gives you a logical reason for the loop o' track design in a realistic setting.
3) Brooklyn Terminal RR - I can see some real scenic possiblities in terms of the backdrop.
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!
Tough choices!
1. Western Maryland.
2. Angry Beaver.
3. Yorklyn.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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SpaceMouse wrote: Anonnymous wrote: The cassette on the Angry Beaver its not part of the original plywood sheet, as I do not consider a removable cassette to be a permanent physical part of the layout benchwork as it can be taken off, The contest rules point out that the Plywood must be used for the permanent layout proper, most removable cassettes I have seen have been either fabricated out of metal or plastic and designed to be quickly attached or detatched to the layout. As designed the layout technicaly doenst need it and it could be eliminated, as the spur next to the engine house leading to the cassette could also act as the "fiddle yard" to add or remove cars or whole trains, operations on the layout would not be effective by the removal of the cassette. I just wanted an mental "off layout" option for this function. Hope that clears it up.
Hey, I'm good with that! I was just curious as so many have said they'd like to build it (shoot, I'm an N scaler and I wouldn't mind building it!).
Not trying to point out wrongs on one but not another ( as I haven't looked at all) but the rules state that scale must be clearly marked and I didn't see scale on layout #9 Yorklyn Delawared althoug it was in the n scale portion of the contest. I may have missed it but I didn't see it .
Edit: acually got into the ho section and there were 3 more including one saying a chop down version of one berggie did in n scale but didn't say wheather he was n or ho
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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rtraincollector wrote: Not trying to point out wrongs on one but not another ( as I haven't looked at all) but the rules state that scale must be clearly marked and I didn't see scale on layout #9 Yorklyn Delawared althoug it was in the n scale portion of the contest. I may have missed it but I didn't see it
Actually, that rule is for my benefit so that I can put it in with others the same scale when I'm programing the display. In fact, that one was misplaced and I had to do a do-over. Luckily I learned to run the web page past the contestants before the voting and I was able to catch it.
This is my official ballot:
All of the designs had interesting points, so there were no shoo-ins.
Well done to all the contestants, and a big to Spacemouse.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
What's CBS News projecting? Red states? Blue states?
Lee
wm3798 wrote: What's CBS News projecting? Red states? Blue states?Lee
Early polls show the snitty narrow beaver with a commanding lead. There are about 9 gents that should be writing their concession speeches.
I know for a fact that there are three cemeteries in East Baltimore that haven't voted yet... Better start passing out the "walking around money"...
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No you are not a soup Nazi. Every there has to be rules , understood , or chaos ensues. Maybe the next round of entries you all could include an "honorable mention category" or something of that nature. Just a thought.
yougottawanta wrote: Maybe the next round of entries you all could include an "honorable mention category" or something of that nature. Just a thought.
Maybe the next round of entries you all could include an "honorable mention category" or something of that nature. Just a thought.
Mmmm - thinking about it there is nothing in the voting requirements saying that you cannot give a honorable mention to other designs, as long as it is reasonably clear which three (or fewer) designs you are actually voting for.
I'd like to give add some extra praise for a couple more shelf switching layouts in addition to the three I voted for earlier in the thread:
Lancaster Terminal Railroad is a great switching layout that takes hardly any space at all in a room - this layout could very easily be shared with other uses of the room - like a guest bedroom or a family room. I like the way the runaround has been placed in the curve, the low industries along the front, and the way the industry sidings has been made fairly long.
Yorklyn uses varying bench width to very good effect. It also shows an interesting use of an outside corner. By focusing on just a couple of large industries instead of trying to fit in a lot of small industries, it stays very true to the prototype.
Smile, Stein
All of the layouts are good in their own ways and all have real potential; so this was by far the toughest to decide yet. So.....
#1 Petaluma, lots of action for a single sheet of plywood! Makes you consider buying a couple Atlas N gauge Shays!
#2 Old West, It reminds me of an N version of John Allen's original G&D.
#3 Brandywine Amusement Park, even though its primarily a roundyround, I think this would make a terrific diorama.
Have fun with your trains
what is the standing of the candiates currently ?
yougottawanta wrote: what is the standing of the candiates currently ?
After the first 24 people have cast their votes at the end of day 2 of the voting period (which ends on Monday), the order of the candidates sorted by points received thus far is:
74 pts: Angry Beaver 42 pts: Western Maryland 28 pts: Old West 18 pts: Petaluma 16 pts: Brooklyn 15 pts: Yorklyn 15 pts: Industry 04 pts: Brandywine 03 pts: Bath Port 00 pts: Lancaster
As you can see, the Beaver still holds a strong lead, 32 points ahead of no 2.
Western Maryland is running 14 points ahead of no 3, and Old West is 10-13 points ahead of a field consisting of Petaluma, Brooklyn, Yorklyn and Industry, while Brandywine, Bath Port and Lancaster is trailing a 11-15 points behind that again.
These contests normally seem to draw about 40 votes, so much can still change - especially for the #2 and #3 position - a 15 point difference represents no more than three #1 favorite votes.
Voting period ends Monday at 11:59 pm Eastern (5:59 am Tuesday over here in Europe).
As the classical quote goes: "vote early, and vote often"
#1 Lancaster
#2 Yorklyn
#3 Industry
#1 HO Scale Industry branch.
#2 N Scale Old West
#3 HO Scale Lancaster Terminal
1. Western Maryland
2. Yorklyn
3. Bath Port
The Old Dog isn't ready to vote yet, but it must raise a flag about the Angry Beaver Logging layout.
First, the reason a real railway chooses narrow guage instead of standard guage is to reduce construction costs.
Second, logging railways were usually intended to be temporary, hence construction cost were keep to a minimum.
Given these facts, one must question whether a narrow guage logging railway would be likily to have tunnels on it's route. There probably is an example some where, but using tunnels would seem to the Old Mutt to be out of character with the theme of the layout.
Have fun
Uhhhhhh......its....a.....hobby?
If thats not good enough:
In defense of crazed logging modelers everywhere...
"The Gilman tunnels were originally blasted out of rock for a narrow-gauge logging railroad"
http://www.newmexicophotos.com/compucards/tunnels-late-afternoon.htm
This tunnel was carved for a flume!
Kettle Valley RR trail. 18 trestles and 2 tunnels on this Canadian trail.
Even overseas, in Taiwan, this example
http://www.citycat.hdud.idv.tw/logging.htm
Theres a prototype for everything
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.