trackplans?
#1
Ive seen many books full of trackplans, but I was wondering if anybody knows of any websites where you can view trackplans. Ive tried googleing it but always just wind up finding books to links. I am working in an area thats just under 12' by just under 11'.
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#2
I have found that using google image search gives fairly good results and will get you also other things than book titles.

So enter 'trackplan', 'model train plan', 'model railroad plan', 'model railway plan' and variations on those etc. in <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=hu&lr=&um=1&sa=1&q=trackplan&btnG=K%C3%A9pek+keres%C3%A9se&aq=f&oq=&start=0">http://images.google.com/images?hl=hu&l ... q=&start=0</a><!-- m -->

If you are feeling adventurous, you could vary the search to German for more results: 'anlagenplan', 'modellbahn', 'modelleisenbahn', 'modellbahn anlage' could get you somewhere.

Creativity will be rewarded when searching on the internet, I have found out.
-norm
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#3
You can also modify your search by scale, if you prefer.

The biggest problem I have found is that no one else has ever created the "perfect" track plan that we are looking for. Big Grin
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#4
You could try the Yahoo Small Layout Design Group - and its 3 sister groups listed on the homepage - we got too big for yahoos then maximum size of fle storageI Moderate all 4, and own a couple! You'll need to join all 4 if you want to look in their files I'm afraid, but you can only post on the one mentioned.
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Hope that helps. Jack aka Shortliner
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#5
You could of course post the trackplan you are working on onto the forums for comments. Having some other people look and comment on the trackplan can be very helpful and can even give you ideas on how to redesign it completely. And it would be more customized than when you'd copy one from a book. (notwithstanding, books and the internets are great sources for inspiration)
-norm
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#6
KevinKrey Wrote:Ive seen many books full of trackplans, but I was wondering if anybody knows of any websites where you can view trackplans. Ive tried googleing it but always just wind up finding books to links. I am working in an area thats just under 12' by just under 11'.

There are lots of track plans on the net.

Couple of places:
- Model Railroader Magazine has a track plan database of all track plans they have published since 1998. Open to current subscribers.
Link: http://www.trains.com/mrr/default.aspx?c=tp&id=93

A handful of free sites:
- Linda and Dave Sand's site: http://www.sandsys.org/modelrr/
- Custom designer Byron Henderson's site: http://www.layoutvision.com/
- Custom designer Lance Mindheim' site: http://www.lancemindheim.com/
- Perry Scott's "Heart Of Georgia" Better Beginner Layout
- Adrian Wymanns Small layouts and Shunting Puzzle website
- Lennart Elg's Narrow Gauge and Logging Railway links
- Carl Arendt's Micro Layouts website
- British site <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rmweb.co.uk">www.rmweb.co.uk</a><!-- w -->: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=66
- National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Link of MR related web sites
- LDSIG (Layout Design Special Interest Group) Plan Critique web page


There are tons and tons more. But it would probably be better to actually try to design a layout that fits your interests and your space, instead of just looking at random plans that are about the same size as your room.

Smile,
Stein
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#7
Yes, it is better to design your own. Obviously, you should look around at plans for ideas, and not just plans in your scale or for your space.

So, here's a big linkdump of my "interesting layout plans/ideas" file. Can't recall if I've done this on this site yet...

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MountainMan Wrote:The biggest problem I have found is that no one else has ever created the "perfect" track plan that we are looking for. Big Grin
Triplex Wrote:Yes, it is better to design your own. Obviously, you should look around at plans for ideas, and not just plans in your scale or for your space.
Cheers
I kind of look at it as, "build a layout (structure, scene, etc.) to someone else's plan, and you've built someone else's layout, not "yours".
If you look at most of what I've done, you'll see that very little has been built as "designed", be it kit, construction article, or even RTR. My model building is an expression of me, not someone else.......but then, that's me, and maybe not you, I let other's work inspire me, I don't try to duplicate it.
When you're done looking at the list Triplex posted, you should have some pretty solid "inspiration". Then, let the "build" begin, and may fortune favor you.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
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Sumpter250 Wrote:
MountainMan Wrote:The biggest problem I have found is that no one else has ever created the "perfect" track plan that we are looking for. Big Grin
Triplex Wrote:Yes, it is better to design your own. Obviously, you should look around at plans for ideas, and not just plans in your scale or for your space.
Cheers
I kind of look at it as, "build a layout (structure, scene, etc.) to someone else's plan, and you've built someone else's layout, not "yours".
If you look at most of what I've done, you'll see that very little has been built as "designed", be it kit, construction article, or even RTR. My model building is an expression of me, not someone else.......but then, that's me, and maybe not you, I let other's work inspire me, I don't try to duplicate it.
When you're done looking at the list Triplex posted, you should have some pretty solid "inspiration". Then, let the "build" begin, and may fortune favor you.

Maybe I should have said "I have yet to find the pre-existing track plan that truly inspires me"! Icon_lol
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