HO 4x8. Theoretically the 3rd owner, but I tore everything down to the bennchwork. Just getting initial loop working. It's mostly for the kids and for testing stuff before bringing it to the club. I have 2 different hollow core doors I got for $12 total which I plan to do something with in N, but that's tbd.
26' X 50' n scale Feather River Canyon layout that I'm working on. Almost ready for the golden spike (all the mainline is in but a inch and a half piece) as soon as I get all the wiring done, tortoise mounted and hook up. Here is a video that that was done early January by my friend Shane. He is still learning about the canyon and made a couple errors. Hope to have a updated video with in the next week. Rodney
Yes. Running is a basic 24" x 48" under a glass top kitchen table. That's what got me started back in to this hobby a few years ago. It was done as a Xmas time set-up for my lady friend who was lamenting not having a train and nowhere to put one, and my bright idea that maybe she could have one under her glass top table. Maybe that N scale stuff would fit. It's an oval with one siding but also has a trolley (modified for extremely tight turns) and a small town done with a mish-mash of ceramic houses, mostly stuff she had collected over the years and meeting her original idea of "that train under the tree feel", as well as a few freelance pieces from household supplies (matchsticks, toothpicks, cardboard, foam, etc) that she felt she needed. Those actually look pretty good for what they are, time burners in the winter. Well, that led to another whole level of doing. Started a "real" layout, slightly bigger to be the full scenery, mountains, grades, real buildings, lights, streetlights, type deal still going under that table. Primarily a two track roundy round with a siding, and bypass track so as many as three trains can be played with. And of course, with a trolley in the town. A little bit busy but a good one for the kids and one to leave running in the background, as the current one does. On all day, every day, from fall to spring. And THAT is where the idea for the mine loco came from that has taken on a life of its own. The new layout has the plan in place, road bed done, grades in place, buildings and town planned with buildings accumulated but not painted, track and switches ready to go, and not a whole lot more. I hope to get back to some real progress on that because there is now a "train room" where this is all happening. I can get more serious than the original intent allowed. I'm also gradually accumulating rolling stock and locos. Some to a little bit of a plan and some as the mood strikes. That will sort itself out as it goes. I definitely want to do some small scenes. I could see myself doing more than a few of those and am debating about doing them as modules that can be mixed and matched. And maybe just some modules that can be pulled out and played with when the mood strikes. Need a good mine scene, or two, or three... Still kicking all of those ideas around. Need to get these other things done first. It's being fun.
The layout was demolished down to the bare plywood top last year for a huge rebuilding. But a couple of days ago I put a 36" x 96" oval of Kato double track on the floor to run a few trains. I'll probably leave it there for another week or so.
Like Bremner, I have a small roundy-round layout and I'm laying track for my new switching shelf layout.
My basement layout is 22' x 12' x 45' L shaped. It has about 200' of single track mainline with passing sidings, 1 coal branch, 2 large yards and a small interchange yard. Grade both direction is a long 1%.
I have a 24" x 80" HCD layout that I've been working on for the last 10 years. It's not the greatest layout ever, but I have fun with it and when I'm not running it as the P&WV Long Valley Branch, I'm running it as the P&LE Long Valley Branch
I use 2 30x80 HCD's with a 24" piece of another HCD for a t-trak modular layout for my home, Advantage is that when I get tired of the arrangement, I can change it and have a new fully scenic layout within a couple of hours. I have around 60 t-trak modules to chose from to make my home layout. Enjoy, Craig
I have a 4x8 sheet of foam I'm running on now. Thinking about building a portable layout with Unitrack. Thats as far as I got just thinking! At 70 don't really want to build, and have the wife have to get rid of it. Don
Don, My father in law would say, you are still a young pup. He's 79 and still golfs 18 holes twice a week. My dad is 83, his hobby is R/C planes and he is always starting a new project. He has a basement full of R/C planes that we'll have to do something with someday, but for now I'm glad he is staying busy enjoying his hobby. I say turn that 4 x 8 piece of foam into a nice model railroad.
Had my little 30 inch by 53 inch until recently until torn down for a move. Have a 28 inch by 78 inch test track that has three ovals of track at 11, 9.75, and 8 inches respectively that will make the move and I can get my train running fix on until another layout is built.
This is my .... third completed layout in N. Did the initial track planning in '83, as a semi-portable modular layout. It's been to two states and three houses. Pretty well finished now, now doing selective upgrades. 8' x 5'6" Santa Fe, 1972 . These two show most of the layout. Also have two portable modular logging layouts - the Hickory Valley 18x36 inches (in MR many years ago) and the Ross Run logging module under construction. Both those have been to Bedford N scale shows. Have an Ntrak module in design at the moment, may or may not get built.
Have a Unitrack 30" x 48" layout, with two industries and an interchange siding, also has a Starbucks and a donut shop........... small but lots of fun for me and railroad's CEO ( 7 yr. old grandson )