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wow thank you that is great advice thank you so much i have my bench work plan worked out so now i will divid it up into sections to work on. now all i need is a track plan(i still need help with that as well). but thank you for the advice.

hello everyone, i have try to start a 8' by 8' layout but now that i have started i have realized that i cant reach all of the stuff. i would like to complitely start over new layout new bench work. i need help with this so that it does not happen again. i would like help with a track plan...

hello everyone, i am now really into the model RR thing. I have a small 8' by 8' layout in my basement it is not prototypical or anything a long the lines of that due to i just wanted to start the hobby and i really wanted to run trains and i just did not take my time. my RR is not done yet...

shamus this is the best work i've seen =-o!! i have some questions for you if you dont mind anwsering. what track do you us and what scale? is it handlaied? also is it avalible in HO if you dont model in HO? thank you. 13Mt

spitfire is right i use the WS foam road bed. it is much quiter than cork and less expensive too. i costs me $9 for 24 feet of it. just my 2cents. 13Mt

sorry i have not replyed for so time now but i was very busey with some other stuff. thank you all very much for replying. i love all of those sites everybody gave me. i think i am going to try the flex track idea were you cut the ties. i also have an idea to add to the flex track idea, if i...

i also use WS foam road bed, every cheap comparied to cork at my place 13Mt

hello, i am looking to building a small branch of loggin in my layout. i have seen many pictures and thought that it look like a neat idea to try. in some of these pictures i have seen wooden ties and rustic rails. i thought to my self this is how i want my track to look like, but i have no...

i use atlas c100 because it is very cheap were i live and has a great quanity of it at my LHS. Also this is my first layout so i went with what was cheap. i plan to weather it and ballasted it. i do not really care about the ties because they look fine to me. its up to you what you want to do so...

mybe you could put a smaller yard at the spot marked "No Clue Yet" just an idea to play with 13Mt

just a side comment i vist reletives in pittsburg and i always drive by the big conway yard. personaly i think it is bigger than that yard but that yard looks great too

ok now heres a question from a older newbie. i am about to put a coal mine in my layout but my base is not foam it is plywood (newbie mistake) i want the mine to sit up a little higher than usual to make the tracks look like the are going down. ok so heres my question could i use 1" foam or even...

What scale?

wow great photos chris, thanks for posting them:)

way to go Karl!

thank you so much guys, i live far from the steel mills but i visit family there often. i will see what i can do with the tours.

congrats robin

sorry i have not posted on this thread for a long time but i was working hard on making my dream a reality. i started work on TrainClowns design. half way in i find my self in a perdicament. i could continue with this layout and finish it or i could start all over again in a biger space my...

hello MasonJar, i am modeling the diesel era. i am not excatly prototipical because i would like to see some steam on my layout through. again this is my first layout so i am experimenting to see what i like. So i am going to run both eras. so do you think you could post pictures of your layout...

thank you very much MasonJar i have been waiting some time for help on this subject. i plan on modeling the Pittsburg steel mills. with a scap yard to supply it. i aslo have a mountain so i plan on puting in a small coal mill.