I am a newbie to the board but not to model trains and I am looking for a good 4x10 ho track plan of Houston or the Tx area from the 30s to 90s time period. So any plans or ideas would help out.
Originally posted by mykroft
A nice little trackplan is the Midland, IL Plan in Tony Koester's Realistic Model Railroad Operations. As it builds out to closer to 4'x8.5', you'd only need to add a few 9" straights to get your 4'x10'. A plus is that it's designed to allow operations. With DCC and the optional tracks, it will keep 2-3 operators entertained for a couple of hours.
To localize it for Texas, you'd want to ditch the Grain Elevator in favour of maybe a stockyard, and the Fertilizer Warehouse for a feed warehouse or Oil Distribution centre, or modify to suit your taste/fleet.
Time stands still in Texas, doncha know?Originally posted by rcwatkins
30's to 90's time period is a bit broad, don't you think?