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Hello all; In pondering on my next modeling project, I wanted to start a layout in HOn3. While I don't mind working on scenery, structures, rolling stock, locos or the like, I really wanted to avoid hand laying my rail or building turnouts (I haven't done this alot, and I wanted to spend the...

Wow, just... so confusing to look at the plan and wrap my mind around it... yet so cool. Post photos when you start!

also, here's some inspiring photos... Check out this site: ::: UW Libraries Digital Collections ::: It is the univeristy of washington's digital archives. Here's a search for log dump: CONTENTdm Collection : Search Results And a few cool looking pics that hopefully will give you...

O.k., here's some pics what I was thinking with your layout... not both of those tracks, just one, but which? I guess that's up to you.

cool! :thumb: Really nice alternative plans there! One thing the LL and other small plans do is try to cram a lot in because, well, we want a bunch of stuff on our layout! However, your focus is good -- Big operation in small space. I do miss the winding travel that was part of the LL, as...

From the article, he states he uses 4% grades. I'm planning on using rather steep grades as an excuse for using lots of geared locos (I have a shay, climax and heisler already...). 4% is nothing, even in real life, for a geared loco. I was looking at some Cass RW photos, and a photojournal...

I just have to comment on the ron hatch plan above. I was really impressed with a few things with this plan. One, its small. two, the degree of operation on it and three the conservation of magnitiude- i.e. the coal operation dominates the town, which is a mining town (not just a little...

looking good! Well, its looking good! My only real misgiving is the location of the mill. I'd rather see lower myself, so you'd get the sense of travel and moving materials from one place to another. What kinds of cars are you going to be using? Primarily flats with roughed/finished...

Iron Goat- I LOVE that turntable. I saw m. Furlow's adaptation before, but it's nice to see another one.

this may be a moot point, but... here's what I was talking about... The idea is to provide a 'scene' in which your trains pass through. You could do something with a shelf type layout as well.

Min radius on the original G&D was 15". It was/is a folded fig 8. Here's a link to the small/micro site, where he discussed his 9 most copied layouts of all time: Small Layout Scrapbook

here it is... After many HOURS of trying to figure out what was wrong with my computer, I finally just restored it to an earlier time and now I can upload pics. Here it is:

What about a come and go design? Do you have access to the back portion of the layout? You could use this for holding and staging, and would add a lot to the operational nature of the layout.

Looks great boatman! O.k., since I like this plan, perhaps I should do something themed around this as well. I like the extra spurs @ the mine- makes it seme more of a legit operation. Bingo re: the 'scenes'. Totally agree. My plan was to simply break them apart for a few reasons...

Wow; we must have been writing at the same time! Agree with the scenery issue. Just hard to get anything realistic into a small space. You could still use the log pond, and put a small sawmill on that side, but arrange the trackage so you'd have to 'go around' once before you could drop the...

I'd agree with the comments re: tunnels & logging lines. But given the limitations imposed, a little fudging in order to reach a compromise is needed. I guess it really depends on how 'prototypic' bigsteel wants to be. This poses an interesting problem, in that many may feel that to make...

I like what you've done! I really like how you adapted this plan; when you asked about a 4x8 plan, this is what first came to mind. I do have a couple reservations/comments though: First, having your sawmill so close to the landing just doesn't seem real to me, despite the scenic...