08-28-2010, 03:16 PM
Gary S Wrote:...You sure move fast. ...!The opposite is true, I am stuck (in my head).
My next layout should be in the south, possible the present time (wanna run Genset when Atlas delivers and keep my high cube and all door box cars), none fictional but aligned as far as possible and practical on a prototype and an industrial area PLUS "some more" than switching only.
The idea in my head is the LAJ because it is a very compact switching layout PLUS UP and BNSF transfer runs. That would be more than my current layout and a good reason to tear down the current one and start it all over.
The problem is that I can not find a satisfactory way to have a compressed LAJ yard plus compressed LAJ industry on my space of 2' by 12'. So while I am stuck in the head I do some "finger training" to implement LAJ atmosphere into my current fictional layout.
Russ is planning something similar since a long time. But he is far ahead and got his plan in his head.
Reinhard