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My Future Milwaukee Road Iowa Division Layout Update So far Steven,no one has drawn up my track plan in X Trax Cad.I keep hoping someone will.I have tried but I can't get it to fit right at the turnouts.Have done the tutorials and they haven't helped.

My Future Milwaukee Road Iowa Division Layout Update This is the plan I drew with paint shop,that I can't get to work with X Trax Cad or Atlas Right track software,I am looking for someone who would redraw the plan for me that can work with cad.Thank You.

Industries are going to be Oscar Meyer for the meat packing plant,Cargill for the corn processing plant including a grain elevator and silos for the tank cars,Denniston Partridge for the lumber yard,Portland Cement Plant,Nash Finch,another grain elevator,Auto Rack unloading off the...

Steven,I have done that and left a description of what I want to do with the track plan and make it as realistic and fun to operate.

I am planning my future layout,with the following theme.Milwaukee Road Iowa Division from Council Bluffs,Iowa to Savanna,Illinois from 1979 to the present,as if the Milwaukee Road was still running on the Iowa Division and the track was rebuilt with 132 pound rail.The mainline will be 24'x24' u...

Just wanted to say thank you to all of you that have replied to this thread and the helpful ideas and suggestions you have given mean a lot to me,thank you,hopefully later this year I will finally be able to begin the construction of the layout.I found out I have osteo arthritis in my back and a...

That's too bad,that's gotta suck.Hopefully that will change for you in the future,so you can have more time to work on the layout.looks great still with what you have done.

Layout is looking good,viperman,I like the way the tunnel is coming along.Keep the photos and updates coming.

Welcome Bud,I hope you enjoy your stay here at The Gauge,I really like the people and are very helpful.Look forward to seeing the progress on your layout.

Tough getting any one to draw up a plan without having to pay for it,especially when you only have one income coming in.Right now we are living on the wife's income,I am unable to work due to back problems,getting tests done on my back,so I can get my disability,been turned down 5 times,and the...

Just wish I could have the plan turn out better.Can't get it to look right with X Trax Cad or Atlas Right Track software.This is the best I could come up with.

I have drawn a peliminary plan in MS Paint Shop, it's the best I can do.I have X Trax Cad and Atlas Right Track software,but it doesn't come out right.Feel free to re draw the plan.Thanks.

I would like to put the bridge at the top since it will be 14' long and then where the bridge is in this photo put the branch line and the industrial spurs where the bridge is in the photo.The river will also go at the top.I will have an update this weekend,any replies will be appreciated.

One thing if for sure,every structure you build,you will improve not only your skills but your speed.

Great start to the layout,what are you wanting to do as for a layout design?

I have heard these kits can be a real pain to put together,I have heard that you have to sand the silos to get them to fit,same thing for the Medusa Cement Plant.

I agree with all of you,cigarette ash shouldn't be used for weathering.chalk sounds like a goof idea for weathering.

I am looking at the area from Savanna,Illinois to Council Bluffs,Iowa for modeling,the same era 1979- present.

The passing sidings can be made into industrial spurs,and spurs for industries can be added to the branch line.

I have just about got the freight car fleet worked out,I have decided to model the era from 1979-the present as if the Milwaukee Road rebuilt the entire Iowa Division with 132 pound rail and was well off fiancially.I have gotten a lot of good feed back about the 2nd plan,it originally was going...