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    HO Train Layout

    interesting to grandson I'm working on a layout plan that will eventually be run by an eight year old. I have to keep reminding myself what was interesting about the train my father bought when I was a child. The first train was a Lionel and the my favorite thing was that the giraffe had his...
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    good starter set

    I decided to build a small train layout which I would take to the grand kids (a good excuse to build a train). I am still working on the design of the layout. Because I will need to move the layout, I need to restrict the size of the wood used to build the layout. One of the earliest layouts...
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    HO Train Layout

    You might want to mount the high track in front differently. Instead of plywood, how about mounting the track on some sort of trestle that is more bridge like?
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    HO in cramped apartment

    Modular is any size sections Modular simply means that it is made up of separate sections. There is no restriction on size. The 2X4 referred to is commonly used by train clubs so that different modules can be created by different people and then connected together. Another modular standard...
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    HO in cramped apartment

    Why not make it modular? Since you are plannng on storing this under the bed, a larger layout that would normally disrupt your appartment might be usable since you will remove it when through using it. Then you can make the size larger than what fits under the bed. With modular design you are...
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