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Hi James, welcome to the train forums. Enjoy. I'm new too. Bob

Using a garage for a train layout and sharing it with autos and other junk that garages usually contain is a tough proposition. The dust alone from a garage is enough to put a damper on a train layout. I thought about it for my HO layout, but went for a builtup storage room instead, complete...

This discussion on sizes of garages in various parts of North America is interesting. We designed our house 15 years ago with a large 2.5 car space. The 2300 sq ft house is situated on 5 acres of hilly oak covered land here in NorCal. We are able to easily park our 2 average sized autos in...

HOtrainman, I recently finished my train house, an 8 foot by 14 foot storage unit with insulation, sheetrock, plaster and electrical outlets. It's adjacent to the garage and it's about a 6 foot walk from the side garage door to the train house. I put in a room air conditioner and small heater...

I can't really add much here except from my own experience. My HO Rivorossi 3 truck Heisler which was converted to AC for a Marklin setup by International Trains in Florida ran very well out of the box. It doesn't have sound but then again it's very small. It will crawl at 2-3 scale mph but...