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Excellent work! I've kitbashed and scratchbuilt structures partly because, well, they don't have to roll! But you've done a great job and what you've acheived, completed or not, is still an accomplishment. This from a fellow modeler fitting Kevin's description...more than a few incomplete...

With the space you're working with it may be hard to get in a sufficient racetrack so trains can get up to speed and cruise a while. So many planners work hard (myself included) to avoid that racetrack look, as if you should be running slot cars instead of trains. But that's exactly the...

For me it's like making an intentional musical 'mistake'. It's hard to make an intentional wrong note sound intentional because it requires excellent musical skill, vs. a novice just playing badly. So it can be hard to lay track that operates reliably but looks shoddy. Even harder is laying...

Looks nice. Seeing landforms roughed in seems helpful. When are you going to start laying track?

Yeah, all the photos & video I've ever seen show those straight & parallel tracks under all that wire. You're right that it's the scenery and surroundings that make it interesting. That, and 150 mph trains from the future! A little research today, not much sketching. If it doesn't happen...

Chris, have you seen the NEC layout on Youtube? It's a 16'x16' layout taken to shows for display. Type Northeast Corridor Layout into the search bar and you should find it easily. Lemme know what you think.

Evolution is the right word. It's survival of the fittest, or what fits best in your space, with the concepts & ideas you need to include, etc. Yeah, at least a few more edits. AND, I'm not offended at all if anybody else builds on my work/suggestions/sketches. I only had a limited time...

Here's one to kick it off. With this arrangement you get the look of a 4-track main, with basically a double-track dogbone. On this end the flyover accomplishes a reversal with inside tracks becoming outside and vice-versa. On the other end I'd go with a complex-looking switch...

new thread Chris, If it's kosher with everybody else, I'm going to open a new thread in the Track Planning section so as not to hijack this one about your current modeling/layout. I'll be posting a sketch over there I just made. Galen

You know, if carpentry is not an issue, then there's a cool idea that might allow for spanning aisles with nod-unders vs. duckunders. The recent articles in RMC from last fall, I think, on the Modesto and Empire Traction RR featured a potential plan using high track/benchwork. The layout of...

OOPS, just read your other post in which you mention your situation, equipment, etc. In the other post you mentioned a factory or yard. What did you have in mind? There are many options for narrow industries to fit between tracks. You know, if you're running RDC's and it's the end of the...

No need for a runaround if you've got two engines, especially with DCC. Think Gumstump & Snowshoe. What sort of mainline? If it's high-iron then perhaps you can lay it a bit higher than the spurs. What sort of roadbed will you be using (if any)? I like the overall layout of tracks...

What sort of template did you use to plan that's 3/4" to the foot?

I've got some planning books with real spaghetti bowls of track, designed around commuter operation. I never could understand why a little plastic person would take a train to go somewhere only a few flights of stairs or a brisk walk away, if you know what I mean. But it really does make for...

Very nice, MilesWestern. I was thinking a center operating pit as well. One design element that stuck in my head was the flyover crossing, or flying crossover. Fits the urban setting with big concrete or stone retaining walls as it rises and falls, and could allow twice around running along...

How are your carpentry skills? If they're like mine (novice at best) do you know anyone who'll help? Integrated lighting in a shadowbox/diorama setup could be really great in your setting. I wouldn't call the drawing worthless, but yes, measurements would be helpful. I understand 'Paint'...

How will you be constructing your grades? Also, have you done a grade check to see what percent it will be? Very creative plan, looking forward to your progress.

I stand corrected, sir. I didn't dig into the main site, only the pages linked immediately off this thread, hence my comment, "...unless I missed it...". PLUS, I blatantly didn't make the connection between LR#7 and #126, as delamaize points out that #7 was one of only three standard gauge...

I can sympathize with you, GEC. My garage has all the makings of a great layout room, just not a very good 'around-the-walls' layout. Maybe around some of the wall for a few feet here or there, but not all. I solved my freezer problem by relocating it. And actually now it's in a much more...

Ummm...not to sound ignorant, but is #126 standard or 3' gauge? I'm assuming standard since they had her at MRSR until 2005 (thought I'd mention that too since the move must've occurred after the thread went dormant). But, unless I'm just missing it, the logging mallets site leaves out that...