Layout design
Less is More! WIP.
Weekend WIP! Tearing up the tracks to the downtown area on my layout, Trenton Subdivisionin N scale. The area was too crowded, removing some of the sidings, opening up some space and adding additional feeder wires. Less is more!
Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
Half my layout is based on Seattle, just felt like the Viaduct was necessary. 3D bridge sections (from thingiverse) and wood supports.
Freight Yard Scene,....again
Sorry to bring this subject up AGAIN, but perhaps there are some lessons to be learned,...by myself as well as others.
The Bear Creek and Eagle River
I did it, I'm taking the plunge and finally starting my first layout! (Well technically I bought the lumber this past week, but who's counting lol)
I will be chronicling my progress here, as much for my own ability to look back and see what I could improve on or to repeat something that I did as anything else.
It will be a simple 8'×18" switching layout built as two 4' modules. I chose this design because I live in an apartment and I know that I will be moving at least once. This way they will be easily movable when the time comes.
Eight Simple Rules for Designing My Layout
The following are the guidelines that I have been using to design my Lynnsport & Eastern layout. I do realized that in many cases these are more blinders than constraints. But I accept them as they are. What has worked for you?
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Big Bridges on a Small Layout? Need Track Planning Advice.
Hello fellow Railroaders,
I've been lurking here for awhile now and enjoy the laid-back and welcoming atmosphere this forum has to offer. For my first post here, while trying to keep it as concise as possible, I would like to divulge and hopefully gain some insight on a slight problem in my track planning I've been trying to solve for the better half of the week now.
Planning Space and Layout Design: N&W Wolf Creek Branch
I made the statement previously that a great place to start planning a layout is to pick the footprint and then design a track plan from there. The layout footprint will answer if you have room for things with a little thought. Here is where I ended up. As it turns out the finished basement room is about the same size as the paper the diagram is on 20' by 15'. I could have (in theory) used the entire space...
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Modular setup design (Free-mo) - which CAD?
I'm looking for a best practices from other modular clubs how they plan their layout at shows. Our club modules can (mostly) be connected in different configurations. I'm not looking for help deciding which module at a given location, I'm looking for tips on how to draw it once we've decided. While the process we use to place each module is adequate, I think it could be much better.
Do other clubs draw each module in a CAD program and arrange them? If so, what CAD program have you found works best?
Staging Yard as an A/D Yard
Hi all,
A hopefully fun discussion question for us:
Rather than bare plywood staging, what do you all think about scenicking staging yards and treating them as the edge of an imagined-but-mostly-unmodeled marshalling yard (an "A/D yard", if you will)?
Some pros of the approach:
- No loss of illusion, compared to running into bare-benchwork staging at the end of the run (does this matter?)
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