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Re: I wonder, does anyone recall ...........

Frank - if you need the MTI50 article let me know an email address - can't help
with the others
though



--- In small-layout-design@yahoogroups.com, Frank Savery <franksavery@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
> I'm wondering If anyone can put me out of my current bout of misery by
> remembering where I would have seen a small layout article I've been
> tearing my hair out trying to find for the last few days.
> It was a 2 page article which I would have downloaded from the internet,
> but, unfortunately I can only find page 2.
>
> It was a small,HO scale, I guess, layout based on the Huntsville & Lake
> of Bays Railway in Canada. It depicted the track layout at each end at
> the landings and the connecting "main line" with the addition of an
> industry served by a spur/siding. It was cleverly designed so that the
> two baseboards could be arranged in an "L" shaped configeration or in a
> long straight configeration.
> From memory each "leg" would have been about 4ft x 18in or so.
>
> The References quoted at the end of the article are:
> Model Trains International No 50
> Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette Jan/Feb 1994
>
> I also recall an LGB based layout based on the same theme ~ I'd like to
> find this one two, If I could.
>
> Any help, Much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Frank Savery,
> Owner, Operator, Chief Cook& Bottle Washer,
> King Island Tramway, Tasmania
>
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>
>
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>





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Hello. Today I recorded an operating session on my 6x1 feewt Dolton Industry Park layout. It is located on Youtube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXMeNRjksI ...
Jim
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Jan 13, 2012
8:12 am

Nice layout and nice video! In terms of operation, I liked your use of multiple locomotives for variety. Gave me some ideas for my own 1x6! Matt Matt...
ablecynic
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Jan 13, 2012
2:19 pm

Yes, I agree with Matt! Lots of action. The switcher gives much more reality and action. Gives me some ideas for my future layout that is in the planning...
Dan
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Jan 13, 2012
2:40 pm

Even edited for the Yahoo added spaces, the link doesn't work. Please try again, with <> around .t Joe...
ycsr99 Offline Send Email Jan 13, 2012
10:04 pm

Joe - not sure whyn you are having problems - it works for me with a copy and paste <www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXMeNRjksI>...
shortliner2001 Offline Send Email Jan 14, 2012
11:11 am

Figured it out - I was missing the 'www.' on the front. Haven't needed it in the past, though. ??? Joe...
ycsr99 Offline Send Email Jan 14, 2012
5:01 pm

Still did not for me but paste into google and Voila! ________________________________ From: shortliner2001 <chacmool@...> To:...
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Jan 15, 2012
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I have same problem, Ivan Stasa ________________________________ From: ycsr99 <ycsr99@...> To: small-layout-design@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, January 13,...
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Jan 14, 2012
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Nice job. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Jim Noel
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Jan 14, 2012
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James: it might have been a couple of days old & reply delayed, but I thought your video was just great! It worked fine for me when I copied & pasted it into...
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Jan 15, 2012
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Hi James,   Nice work and loved the video! I have just about finshed a layout in a box 1800mm x 280mm x120mm high Its a  UK?? themed shunting yard. Its about...
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Feb 7, 2012
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Hi Ken. Originally my layout didn't have any way of a train exiting / entering the layout either, but after I added a 'hole in the wall' the operation suddenly...
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Feb 8, 2012
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Hi James, I have posted some pics of my layout, rudely referred to as The Coffin, by some who have seen it. Cheers Ken...
cabedford Offline Send Email Feb 9, 2012
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Hi Ken I can see how it got it's name! I like the idea, though. Nicely and portable and easily protected when ebing moved. I like the backdrop too. Did I see...
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Feb 10, 2012
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Hi James. The open wagons are by Lima. No doubt you are right!. I got them 2nd hand and I didnt know what they are meant to be. By the size I thought OO scale;...
cabedford Offline Send Email Feb 10, 2012
8:54 am

Ken, I think you have a Class 10 2-4-0 loco. Only one in the class. Completed June 1870, being the first built in the colony of NSW. Built to celebrate the...
Geoff Potter
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Feb 10, 2012
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Geoff I seem to remember reading they thought it was probably put together from spare parts and might not have been very well designed. I could find no mention...
cabedford Offline Send Email Feb 10, 2012
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Ah Ha! Thanks for that Geoff, I scratch built the loco from a drawing I found in a library book many years ago. Looks like I confused the dates, anyway thats...
cabedford Offline Send Email Feb 10, 2012
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Hi Guys, I'm wondering If anyone can put me out of my current bout of misery by remembering where I would have seen a small layout article I've been tearing my...
Frank Savery
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Feb 14, 2012
12:53 pm

Frank - if you need the MTI50 article let me know an email address - can't help with the others though...
shortliner2001 Offline Send Email Feb 14, 2012
12:58 pm

Frank, Look at http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page44/index.html. Scroll down to "A Micro Portage Layout. I have been fascinated by this format for several years...
Joseph Norris
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Feb 14, 2012
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Get rid of the period on the URL and it will display. Max   http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page44/index.html   [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Feb 14, 2012
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Thanx, Joseph, That was THE one ! :-) Cheers, Frank Savery, Owner, Operator, Chief Cook& Bottle Washer, King Island Tramway, Tasmania ... [Non-text portions...
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