SpaceMouse Chris is right, but it is really cool see them all arranged in order of size so you can compare them. If someone asked me for a good plan book, I'd say 102. 101 is so out-dated on so many levels, it shouldn't be considered--unless you are a historian.
Chris is right, but it is really cool see them all arranged in order of size so you can compare them. If someone asked me for a good plan book, I'd say 102.
101 is so out-dated on so many levels, it shouldn't be considered--unless you are a historian.
I don't know how a track plan becomes outdated. If a plan fits a modeler's space and desires, what difference does it make if it is more than 50 years old. We have had a lot of great new ideas in the hobby in the past 50 years but that doesn't mean the old ways are bad. I am a proponent of linear design, but that is because I am fortunate to have a large space. Those who lack that kind of space might find linear design too confining. Those old planners knew how to pack a lot of railroading into relatively small spaces. A lot of those plans in 101 look like they would be a lot of fun to operate.
Autobus PrimeSM: Well, who isn't a historian, if only just a little bit?
Well, who isn't a historian, if only just a little bit?
Ya got me. I didn't exactly throw my 101 away.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
ChrisNH Its a collection of track plans from recent issues of MRR. Chris
Its a collection of track plans from recent issues of MRR.
Chris
Also the Great Model Railroads. It is fun to see them in order, and there's track planning tips in it as well.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
SpaceMouse 101 is so out-dated on so many levels, it shouldn't be considered--unless you are a historian.
SM:
I do have to say that the best plans in 101TP are the small-to-medium ones, and only some of those. Heck, a lot of them were probably outdated at first printing, when they were already 10 years old or more, and some of Bill Wight's plans were behind the times when first designed.
I think a lot of Wight's plans were included as a memorial, since he died in the Speedrail accident at the age of 27, and the book is IIRC dedicated to his widow. It's still a fun book to read, though, which is probably why it keeps getting reprinted.
I'm going to have to pick up 102TP when I see it. Can't have too many track plans.
It'd be nice if they'd send me my copy of "102" as well as some of the other publications I ordered.
Nobody has responded to email inquiries either.
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At the local book store, the booklet, 102 Realistic Track Plans, is sealed in plastic with another special booket so I can't review it. Is it merely a rehash of the old, 101 Track Plans?
Ray