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Galen: Interesting about the duckunder. After taking out the current pain-in-the-head and looking at the room, I had an idea. I was checking out a "G" shaped layout with a removable thing to use for continuous running if I choose to (or when the kids come over). This is kind of the shape I...

Bearman, can you provide us with a drawing of the available space for your layout? Having a drawing that notes room size and location of all obstacles in your way (doors, windows, pipes, wife's collection of non-train items) could be of benefit to us in helping you on your quest.

Ditto to what Russ said. You should have seen my original thoughts of what I wanted in my railroad. Too much stuff and no room for it. It took me over a year to get that concept through my thick skull; once I did, it only took a weekend of track planning to come up with a plan. Try to...

Have you ever noticed . . . That is easier to tear down the layout than it is to build it? It took all of 10 minutes last night to remove the duckunder from the previous benchwork; it took me almost a day to construct it when I put it up. I may have to find a way to do without it. I really...

Brakie, I liked Railohio's idea to critique some trackplans from an opeartional perspective. I'll volunteer mine as first victim. . .

Brakie, I have found your topics to be quite enlightening. I would not be adverse to you "hogging all the topics". I am working on my new plan, and I am sure as I go along, I'll have questions about operations for you and the gang.

Clark, thanks for asking about the runaround at "A". I went back last night and measured it; it is 37" long, or enough room for 4.8 50' cars. So yes, it will hold what I need it to. Gus, I understand your concern about the duckunder. I wish I did not have to have one, but with the size of...

Bearman: Check out the link in my sig. It is a small point-to-point with a continuous loop for the small children. It may give you a few more ideas.

Bearman: If you haven't already, I would suggest you picking up a copy of John Armstrong's Track Planing for Realistic Operation. I got my copy this weekend, and it really helped me to put things into perspective. Have you decided on what length cars you are planning on running? How about...

Bearman: The reach to the center of the layout is going to be an issue. 30" is about what even the tallest of us would consider the maximum reach length. What is the size of the room it is going into? Would you have enough room or even consider going around the walls, or some sort of 2'...

I think I envisioned it as being an escape from the mine. The engine and its cars come in from the siding, drop off, and as long as the tipple is open, the engine can escape. The mine is not large, so it should be either empty or full. As part of the Operational SOP, I have decided that the...

I'm back :wave: ! It has been just over a year since I started back into model railroading. It's hard to work in 99 square feet, but, I think I may have just done that. I picked up a copy of John Armstrong's Track Planning for Realistic Operation yesterday; if you do not own a copy for...

Jeffrey, glad to see that some people still stock older stuff for us "holdouts". Andy, with a JPEG, you are correct in saying that the quality of the image will go down with each saved as copy of a copy. The reason being is that a JPEG is a compressed file format (that is why they are so...

Jeffrey: You may want to accelerate your plans to upgrade to XP. With the computer hogging Vista now released, you may have a harder and harder time finding XP.

I would love for someone to show me a hobby that didn't cost money. sign1 I think that is what they call them hobbies. Mine include astronomy (ever seen the price of a good scope), mountain bikes, golf, wine, and cigars. Most of them are long term investments, with the exception of the...

Galen: What's the temp like in your "office"? I insulated my garage last summer, and even in the winter, it get darned cold. I couldn't think about working out there.

Thanks for letting me know what it was. And by the way, you, Nazgul (Steve), and I have the same thoughts; BALLASTING STINKS!!!!!

Steve, What is the building behind and to the right of the bakery (up against the backdrop)?

So, let's see. In 2006, I started back into the hobby. I built a 4x8. Tore it down 3 months later. Started my around the room. Stopped when I realized it was just a big non-functional loop. Started on my 3rd trackplan. For 2007, I am going to build my railroad and actually start running...

Yeah, I'm an IT guy. I have crimpers that can make just about any kind of cable I need. It is like the days when I used to have to use dial up when traveling on business; some places I stayed had the phone cables hard wired into the telephones. You had to pull out the bed just to find a place...