Lucy is cooking up ideas for a 2'x4' layout. So far she has decided it will have a lighthouse. She also likes M.C. Fujiwara's Mt. Coffin and...
The 12X13 foot HO layout uses multiple decks _and_ multiple passes to squeeze in the longest mainline run -- without a hidden helix! Read more...
This compact team track location on the former Southern Pacific in Alameda, CA has one end-on track and another that passes beside the concrete...
While the first thought for most people is to start plopping down rectangles, that may not be the best approach, particularly in a small room....
Got these to CSX units heading west through Amsterdam,N.Y.i
Initial configuration of main yard is temporarily tacked down in order to provide the opportunity to allow mock operations for evaluation and...
I had opted to use code 100 track on this layout because I has so many Peco code 100 insulfrog turnouts left over from a previous layout and I had...
Hand-drawing track plans can work fine. But general rules-of-thumb for drawing turnouts may not be accurate enough in areas where many turnouts...
for the guys talking about how a real yard looks. This is in the North Yard in Joliet. Notice different ballast methods, a tie plate just sitting...
Alternate Plan with #8 turnouts and 28" minimum radius curves.
#6 turnouts & 24" radius minimum curves.
Video trip around layout 11/28/2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8v-XOzEW1Q&feature=youtu.be
The Oriental Lead. An HO layout based in present day Seattle.
