Zealot
I hereby submit for your ideas and input...my quasi-completed trackplan for the Megill River System, an On30 layout in a 10 by 12 foot space.
As I am a relative neophyte, I ask that you provide some suggestions as to track planning and such.
Here's the basic idea. The "Megill River System" actually consists of two lines. I originally had the ULTIMATE spaghetti-bowl trackplan, and have pared it down substantially.
The "main" line is the "Megill River & Wedgietown", which I would like to represent in On30 as a three foot narrow gauge line. On this track I would run the larger Bachmann RTR On30 equipment, again simulating a three foot line.
The "branch" line is the "Megill River Logging Co.", a make-do type of 30 inch narrow gauge line, with Bachmann Porters, and smaller equipment such as logging cars, and homebuilt stuff.
You will notice (IF I can ever get a picture up!) that there are no staging yards, or grades connecting the two lines. With this layout, I'm learning as I go in stages. Perhaps a little down the road I will add these. For the time being, this will be a continous-run layout with a passing siding in the Wedgietown area.
As I'm new, I'm trying to learn as I go, and I will have LOTS of questions for everyone here.
Hope you folks don't mind! ....Here is the trackplan.
As I am a relative neophyte, I ask that you provide some suggestions as to track planning and such.
Here's the basic idea. The "Megill River System" actually consists of two lines. I originally had the ULTIMATE spaghetti-bowl trackplan, and have pared it down substantially.
The "main" line is the "Megill River & Wedgietown", which I would like to represent in On30 as a three foot narrow gauge line. On this track I would run the larger Bachmann RTR On30 equipment, again simulating a three foot line.
The "branch" line is the "Megill River Logging Co.", a make-do type of 30 inch narrow gauge line, with Bachmann Porters, and smaller equipment such as logging cars, and homebuilt stuff.
You will notice (IF I can ever get a picture up!) that there are no staging yards, or grades connecting the two lines. With this layout, I'm learning as I go in stages. Perhaps a little down the road I will add these. For the time being, this will be a continous-run layout with a passing siding in the Wedgietown area.
As I'm new, I'm trying to learn as I go, and I will have LOTS of questions for everyone here.
Hope you folks don't mind! ....Here is the trackplan.