Search results

MM- This is a pretty facinating website you posted. I've been going through some of the strange locomotives and just been spellbound by the ingenuity that went into some and amazing supidity that went into others. :D

How did the different scales of model trains get their letter names? I know HO is Half O Scale but how did they decide to call it O scale? G is for Garden scale I suppose and S is for Standard.... but what makes it standard? Why N and Z?

For me they are the CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr and the N&W J Class #611. Both require 19" curves and I will never have enough space to build a worthwhile layout of that size. :(

I didn't know they had crack cocaine way back then....... Although they must have because somebody was definately on the pipe when they thought that up. Or maybe it was opium.... :p I'd like to see someone try and model that thing. :D

In all likelihood, he would probably offer to pay for it. He's brain damaged but not usually one to be frivolous with other people's money. (He has enough of his own to throw around. :D ) I'm sure he figured it was just an easy return and didn't think. I'm seriously considering keeping it...

He's not normally like that. I guess he figured I would just return it and get my money refunded but I'm not so sure I want to get rid of it. I'm still not happy about the plastic wheels on the cars but that little 2-6-0 has grown on me. It's got to be one of the quietest engines I've ever...

Yeah, I just sold all my N scale stuff not too long ago. I think the wife would probably freak on me if I decided to build another layout already. Especially with money as tight as it is. I paid for it on my CC with the intention that he would pay me back once everything was bought. (Since...

After all this going around trying to help my buddy and his kid set up a train layout, the kid finally comes clean with his dad and tells him that he'd rather play the guitar. He's even been taking lessons from a friend from school who plays. Since my buddy is a drummer, this thrilled him to...

I like the BNSF line running around Everett, just North of Seattle. It winds around and then runs South along the bay. Screenshot of the yard from Google Earth. (Facing East)

Good to know on both points. I plan to have at least 3 of the rerailers at various points on the layout and was planning on putting one in the far back tunnel. I figure that might be a good thing since the layout will be sitting against a wall and getting to the back portals might not be the...

Cool.... I didn't know that about RTS. Going by that, I have just a little over 5-1/2 feet if I run the riser right from the edge of the bridge. Looks like I had better stick with 4%. :(

Actually, there is an overpass where the tracks cross over in the back. I just couldn't figure out a way to signify that on the track plan. :D I can run a 3% there but I'm wondering about the smaller loop coming off the bridge and back down under. (Or up, depending on which way the train is...

There are no 9-3/4.... My version is all 11" curves. Scenic ridge uses 9-3/4. I avoided a yard and any switching due to $$ that he doesn't want to spend on switches until he decides he wants to build a larger layout. This is more about the build process than anything else. And to be...

Yeah. I know. He's turning me into a lunatic. Verbally whip away. I can take it.

Dang. He srunk on me. :curse: Now we're down to a 3x5 with no switches again. Apparently that extra foot of track and one switch was more than he wanted to put into it. :rolleyes: Fortunately, I was still able to use the 11" curves. My only question now.... can I still get a 3%...

$$$$$ When this started out, it was supposed to be a simple 2 x 3 project. Now I've got him doing a 3x6. I'm not pushing my luck with his wallet. :D

M'kay. I think this is it. 3 x 6 reversed Scenic Ridge. I put in rerailers where the road will cross over although at this point, I'm not 100% sure of the terrain. Would it be benificial to put a rerailer in the far back tunnel or will that cuase more problems than it solves?

Well, it's good to know I'm not completely cracked then. :D As much as I like the outer loop, I removed it due to cost. It would mean extra track, extra tunnels, extra roadbed and ballast, etc, etc.... and more time. Were going to go with the 11" curves and buy our own track to go on a...

You should be selling these. :thumb:

The more I tinkered with Jesso's desktop layout, the more I realized it was starting to look a lot like the scenic ridge. (Well both of them being folded dogbones anyway....) So I figured lets go with that and see what happens. I enlarged the layout to 3 x 6 and went to town. Now I really...