Mar
18
Layout 7.0! Finally.
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Wow! It has been a long trip.
As good as Layout 6.0 was, I STILL found myself longing for more. The passenger terminal was too small for the operations I wanted. My list of desired scenic elements greatly increased. I was not real fond of having all of the loop backs on [...]
Nov
6
Although I have not posted anything recently, I have been very busy moving my rail empire forward! I completed a scratchbuild project for a ’50’s style billboard [which I will post on soon], and… [Insert Trumpets], I have finally put together a track layout plan that meets almost all, if not all, of my goals / [...]
Jul
23
Layout 5.0 is the result of hundreds of interim layout changes, what-if’s, and will-it-fit. I struggled long and hard to come up with a layout that had a little bit more scenic opportunities… eliminating the center peninsula blob while still providing a method to reverse long trains, *and* to add some off-layout staging.
I ended [...]
Jul
22
Layout 4.0
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Real Estate. Real Estate. Real Estate
It wasn’t long after I completed Layout 3.5 that I came to the realization that my “dreams” were a lot larger than what my planned layout could hold. I needed more room. Actually, I needed the WHOLE room… and what few pieces of still remaining room [...]
Jul
16
Layout 3.5
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After a very short while, I quickly came to the realization that the “yard” was WAY too small, and it was not anywhere close to being designed correctly to function as a yard. The double leads would get fouled by the 45-degree crossing diamond. There was no escape or caboose track. The yard [...]
Jul
4
Layout 3.0
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As most enthusiasts will admit, your layout design will be in a constant state of major revisions until: A) You have met most, if not all, of your goals/wants/needs; B) Get to the point where you are starting to wonder if you have bitten off more than you can chew; or C) You run out [...]
Jul
3
Layout 2.0
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[I am way behind on posting the various layout revisions that have led up to my current layout design. Life has been super crazy hectic. I'm hoping to get caught up soon.]
Layout 1.0 was a good starting place, but I quickly knew that it wasn’t going to meet my wants and needs for [...]
Jun
16
Layout 1.0
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My current layout design has evolved over the last year or so, as I have acquired more floor space for the layout and my list of wants and needs have increased. For each major revision, I have put together dozens to hundreds of trial layout plans to try to meet my then current goals [...]