... Sounds like an interesting idea, but are the changes from year to year large enough to be interesting? Small enough to be affordable? ... As one of the...
It's difficult to move layouts that are not designed to move. They don't separate in to manageable pieces, they bend where you don't want them to bend, they...
Do the math..then pick the least costly way.... What does the total rental come to? ($/days + gas + drop off fees etc) What is the equivalent cost of what you...
The Group: So I have a space approximately 30" deep by 34 ft long. It is broken into 3 pieces, each at 90 degrees to the other, from left to right 30" x 8',...
... Well I haven't been at it long enough to prove that it actually works out over time, but my theory goes like this. Every layout I've ever visited either...
... if I always bias my new purchases toward the newest ... Hi Ken, I guess if you always buy the newest era equipment could keep weathering some of the stuff...
Like with anything I do, not just model railroading, I always look to what I like and then see how it can be dome in a credible manner. So my wish list would...
... In my ... layout, largely ... one town's ... benchwork bereft ... just ... a new ... truck? ... Andre, If you are happy with what you have at present, then...
... The LDSIG wiki has some good tips: http://ldsig.org/wiki/index.php?title=Yards--freight_and_passenger Also, one of the LDSIG magazine back issues is...
Andre, as one who has moved a layout a number of times, first let me ask some questions: 1) Is the existing benchwork designed to come apart and be moved? If...
In my case, I built a diorama of a loco rebuilding shop to provide a home for many older locos. Some older units are sold at swap meets, as are older freight...
Couple more thoughts on your move. I don't believe I saw the distance of the move which will greatly impact your decision. If moving for new job, do you really...
A word of caution. I have moved several modular pieces from South Korea to New Mexico to Washington, once in a C-141 and once by commercial mover as part of my...
Hi All, I have searched the Model Railroad Article Index to no avail. I am hoping that one of you with a sharp memory can help. Several years ago, Model...
Hello Ed, The diagram you're thinking of is probably the one for a pinwheel ladder that originally appeared in John Armstrong's "Designing model railroad ...
My past moves have wound up dismantling the layout down to individual pieces, which are much easier to get out of the old location, haul, and get into the new...
... The trainz idea came from someone that posted about it being a good track design program but I guess some think it's just a game. Hi Brian, Sorry I can't...
I am currently building a 32'x84' basement O scale layout. Along one wall I have a long (60'), narrow (24") section of track that is giving me fits wrt...
Hi Andy, Thanks. The "pinwheel" ladder is being considered for a hidden staging yard, so the prototypicallity (is that a word?) is irrelevant. Thanks again, ...
Maybe coal country along the mountains and riverside. Wide S-curves disappear into a mountain side tunnel and emerge several feet later. Maybe a long trestle...
Hello to the Group: Thank you for the "wiki" link covering additional switch yard designs. However after reading the 10 best tips an comparing it to the...
Bruce, On my model RR, the main line passes the yard, and continues on (to staging, representing the world East of the yard). Just west (left) of the yard,...
Clark, If you are looking for ways to break up that long, uninterrupted line of railroad, maybe these ideas will work: Grade crossings at or above grade ...
Not sure if this is the right place for this as it isn't really the layout design I'm looking at. My trackplan is complete, under construction, and thus far...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
