05-21-2010, 05:39 AM
This is the sort of thing that inspires me to model ISLs...
Actually having worked in the railroad industry and after starting several HO short line railroads over the years, it's prototype operations, track arrangements and switching that interest me more than anything else.
Although I have a 36ft x 10ft area in the basement - I've decided that bigger is not better and am actually beginning to work on two (possibly three) industrial switching layouts. One of them is in 1:29th scale no less!
Main thing is, an HO layout on an 18in x 20ft shelf will be something I can get running and reach a state of "completeness" in a much shorter time (and considerable cost savings) than trying to build a layout around the whole basement area, as I've tried to do in the past.
Actually having worked in the railroad industry and after starting several HO short line railroads over the years, it's prototype operations, track arrangements and switching that interest me more than anything else.
Although I have a 36ft x 10ft area in the basement - I've decided that bigger is not better and am actually beginning to work on two (possibly three) industrial switching layouts. One of them is in 1:29th scale no less!
Main thing is, an HO layout on an 18in x 20ft shelf will be something I can get running and reach a state of "completeness" in a much shorter time (and considerable cost savings) than trying to build a layout around the whole basement area, as I've tried to do in the past.
Ed
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