Recent content by Austinio

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    Expanded plan

    My layout is only 4 x 12 to begin but I intend to make it 8 x 12. I intend to add a staging yard along the side of the wall and along the other side down more some sidings and industries. I also intend to do a backdrop to put all around the main layout. There will also be a hidden loop of track...
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    Z Scale Garden Railroad?!!

    I think a Z garden railroad would be cool, but if you do the math a Z scale garden railway to a G scale person would be roughly 1:10 scale to us, if my math is correct, therefore being twice as large as our average garden railways in the real world. It is still a cool idea though, but I do not...
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    Nantahala layout

    Whenever I see a nice N-scale like that it makes me tempted to do it. I just feel I would have trouble with the kits though.
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    The state of Amtrak

    The thing is that Japan has only 130 million people but 400 BILLION passengers a year, you do the math. We in the USA on the other hand have 300 million people but only 25 million riders. Japan has the busiest rail system in the world, but other European countries number in the billions of...
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    The state of Amtrak

    No, I am not running for anything then. That is actually the first time I will even be old enough to vote. Maybe a few years later, but probably for some smaller office. I just don't think there are many politicians in Washington who see the value of Amtrak and that is a shame.
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    The state of Amtrak

    Ever since President Nixon nationalized passenger rail service into Amtrak in 1971, it has never been the priority it should be, but not under the threat it is now. I recently became aware of how under threat is has become recently. While past administrations both Democrats and Republicans have...
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    Wondering about narrow gauge HO

    I am not doing it to run narrow guage, I am doing it to add more to my simple layout.
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    Wondering about narrow gauge HO

    I have a 4 x 12 HO layout in my basement. So far I have the track down but no scenery and it is not totally wired. Here is my track plan. I have a single loop, no distortions, just a loop of HO that runs across the whole thing. Along about 5 ft or so of one side of the loop I have double track...
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    Xbbox's layout update

    When I see intricate track plans like this in such a small area, it makes me wish I got into N instead of HO. Of course I then look at my layout of 4 x 12 and although I do not have as much room as I'd like on it now I figure N would mean too much track for that area.
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    Pupolarity Of The Hobby

    I also have a Lionel 4-4-2. I also read MR openly, but not TRAINS. Speaking of choo-choo I remember back when I was younger like in elementary school some of my friends would find out I liked "choo choos" and that always ticked me off. I NEVER refferred to trains as "choo choos" that was a...
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    Pupolarity Of The Hobby

    I myself consider myself to be living evidence that there is a younger generation in the hobby. I am 16 and have a 4 by 12 foot layout in my basement. I have had HO trains since age six but only got started on a layout recently. I intend to stay in it, so yes, there are people who are in this...
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    New Layout Pictures

    I love it. I had a few kits for my own layout but I cobbled them together so quickly (and crapily) that I figured I would trash them.
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