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here is abit more done on this trackplan, im really nervous about posting this as im sure you guys are looking at it and saying that is totally crap :) i just want to post it to get thoughts so that i can work it out and get a good layout in the end. as a side note does anyone know how i can...

hey galen, good to see your around anyway and yeah id love the critique as im totally making thngs up as i go, im really just throwing ideas down but i may build a trackplan totally different to what ive posted so far ,you know how it is. there were a few things that are governing the layout...

wow quinn that seems like alot for the yard, i think im going to have to work something out so i can all9ow more room for my own yard.. hmm.. i guess ill draw it up as im going and then see what i have, once i get this plan of mine down tell me what you think.. im a real noob man so i know im...

thanks steve, ill appreciate all the support i can get , as you know its daunting in the beggining!, specially when you know very little about modelling, but im not going to let that stop me, i just cant wait to get my NYC diesel going, i haven't got many loco's yet i just want to concentrate on...

heres a revised pic of more what i meant to do in he earlier posts. the only thing is that im really crap at using this program and also my knowledge of what will work best in terms of operations is non existent. ill keep woking on it till i get this mainline connected to some sort of yard...

hey guys thanks for the responses. quinn , ive read through your post and there was some good advice, a question for you is how long is your planned yard,it looks like it will be huge? that is the part that im most puzzled about at the moment. i really dont know how to design a practical...

a vision i re posted withoutthe grid to try and make it clearer, as ive done it , the black lines indicate physical barriers ie walls. the yellow line indicates proposed benchwork(although i have a little bit of flexibility with the unbuilt parts of the bench.) the circle in the bottom left...

heres an attempt at posting a shot of the cad file, i wont try and explain the pic unless i see it come out legible

also i downloaded the xtrkcad program and have been fumbling my way around it does anyone know a way of being able to post what i have drawn on it into the forums here for ppl to see? im terrible at using the software in its entirety but at least i could show you some ideas i have for mainline...

in the first phot the right hand side shows the garage door, i willbe building benchwork that will come across that door and extend 9 feet out from the wall, it will also stretch approximately 6 ft from the garage door back towards where the photo is taken from

hey friends, its been awhile since ive posted on the gauge, some may remember i was planning in about early november, anyways put things on hold for the Xmas (kids,wife,work) but now im back, new year and fresh ideas ready to begin planning the Ryan River Railway :) the layout space has...

hey steve, its been awhile since ive posted on the gauge but ive been checkin out your progress from work and like everyone else i think you are continuing to do a fantastic job. can you send the sponge car round again... ive started my benchwork in the garage and so ive returned to the start of...

i must be a dead set newb then because i reckon this plan looks great i wish i had the space for this, id love to see those trains spiralling that mountain on their way up and down and then coming down around to the other leg and thru some flattish scenery and industry whatever your going to put...

there was some interesting reading there thanks for the research material :) i also found s few nice pics of some hard working steamers.

sorry i haven't been around for awhile guys, the project has been placed on hold due to the volume of workload leading up to the xmas break. probably not a bad idea due to my indecision on planning. :) so i got a few more weeks to nail down some sought of guidelines to my bench shape. anyways...

hi guys, ive gone quiet because i had to do some work in the front yard over the weekend so i had no time for the railroad :( I plan on finishing painting the retainer wall out the front this saturday and am aiming to start abit of benchwork on sunday :) im still up in the air about the plan...

nice ideas , its a good point you make about the turntable , i appreciate you pointing things like that out to us as it helps us newbies learn :)

hey guys, im over at http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=22822 if yu want to have a look steve but as you can see im pretty much still up in the air about the plan atm. i have however worked out my basic bench shape and will probably be making a start on one side of it this weekend. anyway...

wow lots of room !! i cant wait to see how this all progresses, id love to comment for you bud but it would just be an uneducated answer, so instead ill just watch and learn :) keep up the good work. :)

Hi steveD welcome to the gauge(from one newb to another :) ) id go the second of the two and either lose the sliding doors on the cupbard OR just open the whole lot up as if the cupboard was never there,id rather have the 3600mm run. nevertheless im a fellow newb here so im not best person to...