03-09-2010, 12:49 PM
That's well thought out Kevin! I'll make fewer observations but my ideal layout would be"
1. HO scaled
2. No need for fancy wiring because my locos would be controlled by hand held radio units
3. Penn Central themed with an interchange with another real road such as the B&M
4. A provision for continuous running but a track plan that doesn't make that look obvious
5. The option to run the layout point to point with lots of out-of-sight staging
5. Working signals
6. Rural and industrial scenes
7. A good length of mainline running along a river so i have boats, barges, and bridges as part of the scene
8. Possibly having the layout run into more than one room to allow for separate scenes and several operators who don't see each other but talk on radios (maybe including a dispatcher?)
9. Fairly accurate renditions of some actual locations
10. One good sized steel trestle
Ralph
1. HO scaled
2. No need for fancy wiring because my locos would be controlled by hand held radio units
3. Penn Central themed with an interchange with another real road such as the B&M
4. A provision for continuous running but a track plan that doesn't make that look obvious
5. The option to run the layout point to point with lots of out-of-sight staging
5. Working signals
6. Rural and industrial scenes
7. A good length of mainline running along a river so i have boats, barges, and bridges as part of the scene
8. Possibly having the layout run into more than one room to allow for separate scenes and several operators who don't see each other but talk on radios (maybe including a dispatcher?)
9. Fairly accurate renditions of some actual locations
10. One good sized steel trestle
Ralph