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my initial idea is a reverse F-shaped layout using my existing 2.5x4.5 and 3 doors the Doors will run along the walls in the first picture, in basically this shape: _ _ | the small layout (which has an interchange track) will sit at the juncture of the two doors making the plan look...

I'm not sure you get what I meant by modules: the idea is a series of smaller layouts connected by a main line. The mini-layouts within the layout represent towns, industrial zones, branch lines, and yards. These unrelated units would be connected into a single layout by a single or double...

Hey folks. Some of you may remember me :mrgreen: I've generally been doing small layouts (N-scale on a Door, Switching layouts, and a 54"x30" peanut shaped oval with a switching game, which has been my layout for the last 3 years) I'm pretty good at designing small layouts (under 20...

go for fewer turnouts, just for cost when designing a door layout back in 2003, I had a complex plan with a huge yard, a wide variety of industries and 22 turnouts! then I looked at the $440 cost of 22 manual turnouts and choked. I cut back to a simpler, 7 turnout design. You can see my...

Didn't Kato do a New York Subway set?

using the 22" curves (the wider sectional track curves, and pretty much a minimum for larger engines (6-axle diesels, steam with 10 or more axles, autoracks, passenger cars) means 44" for a turnback curve... nearly 4 feet... given your space requirements, and lack of a liftout, I'd put one...

anyone think it might be faked? :)

What scale are you in, and what is the size of your space?

before you buy risers.. Its best to have a trackplan ready. I reccmmend the woodland scenics risers with a couple layers of plaster cloth over them.

one of these days, I'm going to model the Galaxy Express 999, which is a model C62 4-6-4 steam engine pulling 12 passenger cars

My solution, sadly won't help you. I keep smallish layouts (2x3, 30x54, 30x80) which transport easily, can be reset up quickly, and fit in a dorm, much less a small room. My 'benchwork' is a n old dining room table

Here's a trackplan I made 4 years ago thats a double folded dogbone on a door. Scale mainline run is 1.25 Miles. the four bridge area is a scenic wonder, and it takes a train well over a minute to do a complete run.

My quote on this: "The Pedestrian has the right of way, And the Man is the master of the house. But when either tries to prove it, they generally get in trouble."

just a reminder: The Atlas 'Atlantic Longhaul Lines' fills a 4-by-8 similaly with a two level track, using the notch cut as the upper level and one of the two ramps. In 5-by-8, you could stretch out the middle of the run a little, widening the 'notch'...and I'd use the woodland scenics 2%...

A slightly different plan This is a track I call 'Monza Loop' because it vaguely looks like that racetrack. Its a double track that turns into a twice around by throwing the 4 red switches. Theres a small yard just left of center, some switching, and you can do two trains or run the twice...

here's a small N-scale layout in 6 inches x 48 inches. Would scale up to 1x8-ish in HO. the blue mainline has a rerailer behind the fuel and oil as a fiddle yard area. Its best for a small 4-wheel switcher (RS1, SW-series, Plymouth Diesel) and 34 foot tankers and 40 foot boxcars.

Passenger Service has never really been profitable on its own. Just as oil is becoming scarce, we're throwing away out BEST choice for city-to-city transport in an era of shrinking resources -- passenger rail. Jetliners have maybe another decade or two at most before becoming impractical.

You just gotta win the PowerBall EZ Days, then you'll have no problem!

that sounds like a great idea for a LEGO or Lionel train set! (a Cola Mine!) sign1 sign1

That is a good layout. In many ways I actualy prefer its 2x4 version to the 3x5, because its not a simple oval and its a bit offset, making a more interesting loop.