08-22-2015, 06:02 PM
Painkiller Wrote:....After that I took one of my Geep 7.s on it with fifties era car, mostly 40 footers and I almost got a short peddle on the same track. I guess this why the early eras are more perfect for a layout as you can have more equipment on it and able to pack more action on it without making it toy like. I am still struggling on the theme of the layout and era, though in my head the track plan is more or less set....
You pick a problem I have never found a solution for. The older areas are much more "space friendly" for most space limited layouts. I am currently running cuts of 6 40' cars plus a boxcab engine and the tracks are still not cramped. The very same tracks look awfully cramped with my loved two Genset and 4 50' cars.
I am glad I found boxcab engines, wooden boxcars, horse drawn wagons and trucks build before 1930 that attract me. This layout theme solved a lot of space problems I fighted unsuccessfully with contemporary layout.
Reinhard