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    New Nscale layout design... version 1

    Rethink your curves and your space. The really good hobby members, and site administrators are telling your two main things. Your curves are too small for your available space. You can easily have 15, 19, 22, or 28 inch radii for your curves. Just because your locomotives will negotiate a 9-3/4...
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    N scale track with built in plastic roadbed?????

    Double the track radius to get the 180 degree turn Hello everyone, I have been using Kato Unitrack for about a year. People who enjoy ultra realism will not be happy with any track that comes with its own road bed. The plastic roadbeds can probably be airbrushed. I have rearranged my track...
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    Here we go! Gotta start somewhere.

    Follow-up on some basic concepts. Hello Again, TrainNut, Although my railroad hobby obsession began in December, 2007. I quickly learned that I got tired of running my trains in a simple oval. Therefore, I installed a single reverse loop so that my locomotives could run in the opposite...
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    Here we go! Gotta start somewhere.

    A wonderful piece of work on every level. Hello TrainNut, Your work is inspirational to all of us. It is artful, thought provoking, and pushes the envelope of "what constitutes enough". One member said, "You should write a book". Actually, you already have. This thread can be used as the...
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    The Podunk and Urbanopolis in HO/HOn3 & N

    Thank you for all of the detail Thank you for all of the meticulous detail in your drawings and your explanations of what you are doing. I remember your small model and I am pleased to see that it is becoming a reality. There is too much to take in during a single viewing. I find that I must...
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    Can You Recommend Track Planning Software

    Thank you, Everyone I would like to thank everyone who responded to my software question. Last night, I decided to download XTrkCad. After spending over an hour with it, and drawing a simple oval, I went to bed. I discovered that I could input the Kato Unitrack into the library. As I was...
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    Can You Recommend Track Planning Software

    Thank you Herc Driver When using the Atlas RTS software, is it possible to specify Kato Unitrack dimensions when laying down the track? Some of the members are using the AnyRail software because when they specify blocks within their plans it is showing as different colors. That happened when I...
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    Can You Recommend Track Planning Software

    Thank you TrainNut Thank you TrainNut, I am familiar with the AutoCad software from 1990 to 1995. At the time, it was a complete engineering program that was fairly expensive...around $500.00. I no longer have access to that program, and I can't justify spending that kind of money. Is the...
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    Can You Recommend Track Planning Software

    Hello Members of the Forum, Can anyone recommend Track Planning Software. I downloaded the free software from AnyRail EN. It seems fairly easy to use. Since I can use the Kato Unitrack Library built into the software, it is a lot better for me than the Atlas freeware product that can be...
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    Critique of Kato DPDT Switch #24-832

    Hello Forum Members, Please allow me to share my experiences using the Kato Double Pole Double Throw Center Off electrical switch that can be used to wire a Reverse Loop into an N-scale track plan. I am writing about Kato Model #24-832. Because my N-scale track plan is layed out using Kato...
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    Taking the plung with some pictures

    1.75% grade Hello RogerW, A one per cent grade, 1%, is defined as a rise of one inch over the length of 100 inches. I started my ramp on the short side of the table and continued until I reached the opposite end of the table. Both curves were included in the total length of track. The track...
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    Taking the plung with some pictures

    Thank you Thank you for your replies, Gentlemen. Of course, you are both correct. When I get the motivation I will develop a theme and get some faux grass on the "right-of-way". Paul
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    Taking the plung with some pictures

    Hello Members of the Forum, If successful, I have included some pictures of my 4 x 8 foot current track set-up. The tracks are laid in two layers with a 1.75% incline to the top two ovals. Both levels incorporate two reverse loops so that I can change the direction of the trains. Although, I...
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    Hello, now is the time to introduce myself.

    Greetings from Long Island, NY. During the holiday shopping season of 2007, my four year old grand son asked me to come with him and my son to a model train store. While I watched my grandson, my son bought a G-scale starter set that was immediately installed in their living room. However, a...
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