Maybe MR would like to set up a yearly Layout Design Contest as a tribute to a master, who also earned them money through book and magazine sales. A cup to be...
Paul McGraw <paulmcgraw@...> wrote: After a year of work I have finished all of the track work and I really don't like it. Oh No! I must be nuts! I am...
An interesting extension of this would be a look at the layouts his design's spawned. A plan is interesting, but it successes and failures when built is the...
To read about one modeler who built the South Plains District with some variations as I am in the middle of doing going to N Scale where I just left N scale. I...
... have the ... I'm not so sure you have "mispent" a year. You tried something and learned. It might be easier to learn on paper in the future, but how many...
A coupla thoughts on relatively straight forward ways of adding the ability to run long trains on your present layout, even tho' I haven't seen the plan. If...
... Can you say Howell Day Museum at the NMRA headquarters? To early in the family's process of grieving, but if it were underwritten, I feel the museum would...
Steve and all, ... I've had a couple of ideas, both of which you have probably already considered. If I understand correctly, the reason the staging deck has...
Here is a thought. Instead of a tribute that will line someone's pockets (publisher, decal manufacturer or such), why not take that money and donate it to a...
The perfect idea for a tribute would be a place in the NMRA headquarters which could be used as a permanment memorial to John. It would have one copy of all...
... Aloha I second this idea/motion. Do we have to address a particular individual to start the process. Mahalo - Thanks Eric Member PRR T&H 1593 NMRA L05592...
I'll never forget meeting John at the 1981 NMRA National convention. I was standing at the Kalmbach booth at the train show and commented to the people behind...
I to found John to be a quiet and unassuming gentlemen. I met him at the Union Club in NJ where he had been a long time driving force. He took time out ...
As many of you already know, I am managing a project to build a railroad model in a large aircraft hangar. We discussed the human elements on the OPSIG list...
Peter, Just so I understand the context, is this layout intended for commercial or other regular public exhibition, or just for the benefit of the owner and a...
Here's what we know so far: When responding please EDIT this message down to the area on which you want to comment. GIVENS: 1. The railroad space is...
The mainline on this railroad will exceed 150 actual scale miles. The owner does not wish to use a fast clock. It is anticipated that there will be 8 to 10...
The simplest (and least interesting) design would be a simple "comb" with fingers and turnback loops all flowing from a central spine. Even assuming that we...
This is an N-scale railroad. Long trains exceeding 100 cars will not be unusual. Lon passenger trains are also likely. Local freight operations will be an...
Peter: I know a prototype has not been selected yet but if some sort of grades are included that justify a significant rise, a mushroom design might work. The...
Staging is obviously a very important element on this railroad. Trains gotta come from somewhere and go somewhere ... Obviously there will be staging along the...
See the Givens: This will be an operating model of a railroad. Public viewing is a minor consideration, likely limited to a show at Christmas and perhaps...
If you could work the design so both staging yards are end to end you would not have to worry about restaging because the trains would come in at one end of...
I would say it best to have many different staging areas, no with more then 10 tracks. When you get above 10 I have seen that too many people fighting for the...
No mushroom. No multi-decking. Isn't this thing big enough? <g> Seriously, Dan loves Joe Fugate's mushroom, but the raised floor with public loading would be a...
The end staging is not a problem. Those yards will have a reverse loop. Their width is not limited. Thus Train 21 can turn around in staging and return with...
As someone who is not on Railwire, I don't know if this issue has already been raised. And if so, how it was dealt with. As a past Hi-Tech large project...
I paid John Armstrong to design two layouts for me. One was actually an enlargement of a previous design because I ended up acquiring a much larger layout...
... single ... I thought those trains were to be handled by computer? I'd install a deadman in the throttles in case people nod off. ; ) Single track main....
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