How Do I model Railroad in a small space?

Posted by Anonymous

on Tue, Feb 1 2005 2:04 PM

[?] I what to build a rail road but i have little to almost no space[V] Please have any ideas

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Posted by ndbprr

on Tue, Feb 1 2005 2:11 PM

well you are first going to have to decide what is most important to you. Lets face it you won't be running 30 car+ trains with mutiple engines on the front end so what about a small layout appeals to you - scenery, buildings, switching, etc. A small layout affords the opportunity to superdetail eveyrthing. I'd suggest you take a larger plan you like and build a portion of it as a module. That way when it is done you might be able to negotiate some more space and some day fini***he layout

Posted by vsmith

on Wed, Feb 2 2005 5:07 PM

Dark Wolf 228

repost this topic over in the Model Railroad general discussion forum and you will get more advice than you'll know what to do with....that forum is chuck full of modelers..

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=88

...in the meantime check out this site...

www.carendt.com

Welcome to the weird and wacky world of Micro-layouts!!!!![8D]

Warning, they can be ADDICTIVE!!!!![:D][(-D]

Have fun with your trains

Posted by espeefoamer

on Wed, Feb 2 2005 8:07 PM

Model the Union Pacific.Their trains are usually stopped on the main line, waiting for traffic ahead to clear. You will only need enough room for one train,since it won't be going anywhere[;)][}:)]!

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

Posted by CBQ_Guy

on Thu, Feb 3 2005 12:21 AM

Z-scale and a magnifying glass!

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