ModelRailroader.com Reader Poll – March 4, 2003

[Anonymous]

No! I tore it down this winter and started re-building in a different area of my basement.

[Anonymous]

Lets see now.....

1 - 5 foot double track Free-mo module with facing point siding, track down,
ballasted and basic scenery done. Grain Elevator for siding should be
complete this weekend. Module name: Barford

1 - Two section, 11 foot Free-mo module with 30 degree curve, two cross-overs
passing track, industry sidings. Ballasted and basic scenery.Named: Indover
Working on structures and siding stuff.

Winters not over yet, there's still time to finish..........Oh wait, they're never "finished" are they? (Layouts and mdules I mean)

See the website. (also under construction but worth the visit)
http://calfreemo.millarwebdesign.com/

Lets Play Trains!!!!

[RedGrey62]

No layout in my current apartment, so devoting time to a local RR club instead. Did get some display shelves built though, so I can at least enjoy my Burlington Route trains visually!

Rick

[Anonymous]

I to sat around afraid to start building because I didn't know quite how to start. Finally said I was going to have a train running by summer and started laying track. Then got introduced to some guys that knew what they were doing and now I can run a train around a 4x8 table. Will have more shortly. Have bought dcc and hope to have it hooked up shortly.
Paul Located in northern Indiana

[ngfred]

Much less. Spent this winter redoing the kitcchen. The ceiling, refinishing the cabs, new counter tops, and tile behind the sink counter and behind the stove and counters. One must keep the lady of the house happy.
Fred in NC

[Noah Hofrichter]

I put less because last winter i "finnished it" to the point of basic scenery and being able to run the targeted 1 man operating session. This year I mainly operated and didn't do to much of acctually working on the layout.

Noah

[willy6]

did about the same , it seems like we had a warmer winter here in the south so that did not help my progress.........................HONEY DO AND HONEY DO SOME MORE in warm weather...................

[alpreston]

Since I was, to quote GaryA above, in "analysis paralysis" last winter (and spending far too much time on my computers), I made virtually no progress on my layout last winter. This winter, I've managed to do some wiring, start on corrections to the little bit of scenery I'd done (badly) a while back, and organize some kit projects that have been in limbo for a while.

[Anonymous]

I had a nasty Winter and spent most of my time working on mine. Great progress. When it looks just right I will post a pic of it.

[jligthart]

I finally found a layout design program that suits me. I've made a design, now wait till next winter to start building ;-)

[Anonymous]

yes I am doing more this winter than last year I have completed two scenes,now in progress of rerouting the trolly line. I am now stalled by a bug in the wiring Charlie 4 Akron Oh.

[Anonymous]

I made the space for a new layout this winter. Finished off the whole basement with studs, insulation, heat, and wall board. Just finishing the taping and mudding, then to painting, and on to building that new layout later this year. Will have a double layout with one room HO and one room O. Also will have a shelf layout around the TV/Grandkids play area. Retirement is great. Will be glad to be able to open all those stored boxes and get out the rolling stock again.

Hope you all have a good year.

[Anonymous]

I got more done this year thanks to this website and this forum helping me with hints, and inspiration.

[Anonymous]

In the early ninties, I lived in Kingston ON. I started an HO layout that was 10X13 feet. It was a mountainous terain, with many spots for tunnels and bridges. I got as far as building the benchwork and laying the track and turnouts (no senery). Then, my life turned 180 degrees. In 1996 I moved to Vancouver BC, fulfiling a boyhood dream - living on the west coast! For the next eight years, I moved from place to place within Vancouver (a total of seven times). Always looking for more apartment space and a better location within the city. I was out of the train business. In the fall of 2003 I got the train bug again. Knowing I was moving to a new more permenant home within a few months, I didn't bother building anything. I decided to work on a theme for a layout, thus giving me a chance to design a few different trackplans and stockpile rollingstock based on my theme. Now I'm moved in and ready to build.

[Anonymous]

I got a lot done this winter my benchwork is complete my track plan is finaly works I got a loco {a 4-8-4 to be exact} and a couple of cars,track,and power pack ect. Last year i was just reading books and drawing my track plan.

I'm modleling the Sante Fe 40's-50's good luck to all.

[Anonymous]

I finished my first layout, 9' x 7' HO, last winter then we went and sold our house so late last winter and early spring was spent tearing down four years
of work[:(][:(][:(]. However the up side of all this is our new home has a full
basement and I made the most of this winter by building a 13' x 24' train room
[:D][:D][:D][:D]. I'm finished with the room, sky is painted and about 75% of the
bench work is finished so all in all I would say that this winter has seen a lot
of progress. Can't wait til next winter, I can't believe I said that [:(][:(][:(].
Harv

Steam is where it's at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

THE T & R RAILROAD IS UP AND RUNNING. I TRY TO UTILIZE THE EQUIPMENT ON THE BNSF/AMTRAK LINE(FORMER GN) RUNNING BY TOWNER/RUGBY NORTH DAKOTA. GRAIN TRAINS AND AMTRAK. MOVED FROM A 4' X 8' TO 2' BENCHWORK AROUND A 9' X 10 ' ROOM. PLENTY LEFT FOR NEXT WINTER. MODEL RAILROADING IS A GREAT HOBBY FOR THE LONG ND WINTERS.

[Anonymous]

Health problems and increases in my work schedule played havoc with my plans for this winter, but things are looking up and I expect this to be a very progressive year. Having to re-build the garage while working on the railroad within tends to slow the work too, but again, this is becoming less of a problem as time goes on.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have deffinately made progress on my HO layout, this winter. I have been able to do some scenery as well as do some ballasting. Since I am now retired, I have more time. I may even fini***his German/American layout, before I die. I plan on liveing another 20 years. I do need help installing the DCC though. Any volunteers?

[IRONROOSTER]

Started laying the second track on the double track mainline this winter, last winter didn't lay any track.
Enjoy
Paul

[GRR7315]

My layout has been covered in snow for awhile....... 1st Robin in yard on Saturday,
and neighbor's cats have found a new litter box.... it's SPRING....

[pbuck]

as i live in the southern part of the country winter doesnt have much to do with it
i work on my railroad year round i started a new layout last may and have made good progress i am working on my signaling sys at this time

keepem on track
pbuck

[Anonymous]

This winter the "bug" hit me again! Got plenty accomplished and now I can enjoy it all the rest of the year.
...Richard

[Anonymous]

I voted for more progress mainly because right after a very dismal Christmas (train supply wise) I decided my layout was not progressing the way I wanted, in fact it just flat didn't look good. I tore out all of the layout save for two city blocks which included the school, ripped up all the track, and started all over. It is now coming along great and as planned, except no I need a plethera of buildings to fill the new voids. Always an excuse to go to the catalog and order! Hey, while I'm at it, anybody out there know where I can find an HO scale hospital?

[douginut]

spent the last year alternately constructing and demolishing my layout
it took me most of that time worked into after work and weekend hours to figure out that the layout from the 101 that I was trying to do was IMPOSSIBLE without using HOn3 and stub switches. it just didnt work.
So I have everything in boxes and continue to raid the Hobby Stop here in Orem several times a month whenever I hear the siren song of the latest UPS shipments to Rodger and Pauline. It is much less work to just dream, plan and buy than to build.
besides, I like my own plans better than Lynn Wescott's anywho.
Doug, in Utah

[cp1057]

Last winter very little was done and mostly headscratching over a new layout.

This winter much of the track for a new layout has been put down. The new layout should offer a lot more operating possibilities, mix mainline running with branchline action. No regular trains running yet, wiring needs to be done.

Charles
Hillsburgh, Ontario

[k9wrangler]

Got off to a quick start, did some scenery, added a small yard/coal mine and some electronic upgrades thenbegan to stagnate, too many irons in too many fires to concentrate on any so I spent too much time jumping around them.

K Scribner
Sunfield Twp Michigan
http://www.railimages.com/gallery/karlscribner

[Anonymous]

I've been trying to get my own layout for about two years.
This last winter I finnaly got enough money to fini***he benchwork.

I also collected cork roadbed and flextrack.
No model related objects for Xmas[sigh]

[Anonymous]

I don't have a layout right now, just a stack of freight car kits a mile high. But no, I haven't made any more progress this year as I did last year, even with much more available time.

[farrellaa]

I have made tremendous progress this past fall and winter, I built a 24' by 26' addition to my house to contain my model railroad that I will be constructing hopefully this coming year and next (and next and next and next.........). I am really anxious to get the layout planning done so I can start the benchwork. It will be HO scale and i will be able to run the 20 or so locomotives I have been collecting the past few years. I have been out of the hobby for twenty years and look forward to the newer locomotives and rolling stock.