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    Please help with my layout design

    Unfortunately, I am stuck with the benchwork that I currently have. This is the only space that I CURRENTLY have, although I should be able to expand sometime in the future off of the 4 x 8 table, near the notched area. Concerning the DC/DCC issue, I still am not sure about all of this...
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    Please help with my layout design

    Jetrock, I like those ideas you have. I would like to see what type of a track plan that you could come up with. (Whenever you get the time):-D Again, thanks for any and all ideas. Like I said before, I am new to this, and I have never built my own layout before. I definitely want to have...
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    Please help with my layout design

    Benchwork Drawing Here is a drawing of my benchwork. I have added the possible addition section. A big thanks goes to Nazgul for resizing the picture for me!
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    Please help with my layout design

    I have tried to post a drawing of my benchwork, but the file is too large, and will not post. I am not very computer savy, so I do not know how to resize the image. I can email it to anybody who is interested. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. As to what I want to run, I just want to...
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    Please help with my layout design

    Hi. I have been reading this forum for over a year, and I have finally built my benchwork in my available space. It is an "L" shaped layout, with a 4x8 plywood table at one end, which forms a penninsula that is reachable from both sides. Each section of the "L" is 8 ft long and 2ft wide. I...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    Masonjar, I like the idea. Sorry I have been gone so long. Had some computer trouble! I am pretty sure that I will build the benchwork as shown by your last drawing, although it may change slightly. I am just unsure if I want the entire middle to be open like that, or have some type of...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    Any more ideas out there? I could sure use more advice, and/or suggestions. Thanks! Ty
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    Thanks for the ideas. I really like the idea of being able to walk around rather than a duck under. This might seem stupid, but what do you mean when you say to elevate the track and put it above the other? I am sorry, but I am a visual person, and need to "see it" to completely understand...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    I just checked with the wife. It is ok if I want to make the entire right side of the layout space 9 feet wide rather than just 7 feet wide. So what my total space ends up looking like is two square areas that are each 9 feet wide and 10 feet long, but are offset by 2 feet in the middle. The...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    Thanks pgandw, You made some really good points that I hadn't thought of. I know that my father in law would hate a duck under, and I agree with you about wanting to be able to walk around with the trains as they move. I would still like to build at least half of the layout now, and then add...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    I was thinking more of a duck under-type layout. That would give me more track space. See what you all can come up with. I thought that maybe I could have two openings inside my layout space, with a rather large area (4 feet wide) in the middle. The layout would then resemble a figure 8...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    There are stairs to get into the basement, along with a door. I just gave the dimensions of ONLY the layout space. By the way, on the right side of the layout, which is only 7 feet wide, I could bring it out to be nine feet wide if is was needed. Just something for thought. Ty
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    Nazgul, that is the EXACT picture! Thank you! All of the walls are poured concrete basement walls, except for the wall on the right side that is 7 feet long. It is drywall. There are no doors or stairs to deal with. There is a window on the right side wall, but it does not matter if it is...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    I tried to post a picture of my layout space, but was unable to. I could not shrink my scanned picture enough to only be 65 K bytes. Mine was around 415! Very frustrating. So the best I can do is to describe it to you. As I look straight ahead at my space: the left most wall is 9 feet...
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    Please Help sith Layout Design

    layout help I would like to be able to use a switcher in town around the industries, and I would like a good size yard. I think that I would rather have a continuous run, but have not ruled out a point to point either. I would also like to be able to run two or three trains at the same time if...
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