June 13, 2006
In the last post I talked about simple circle and oval layouts that would fit onto a 4×6 sheet of plywood.
These simple track layouts are easy to set up and relatively inexpensive, but they aren’t really very realistic. After all, with the exception of kids’ rides at the amusement park, how many trains have you [...]
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May 25, 2006
The layout is the heart of your railroad system. The arrangement of the tracks, switches, crossings, and uncouplers determines what you can do with your trains to make their operation a source of never-ending fascination.
You can make the rails curve, go straight ahead, lead into a siding, branch into an alternate route, tunnel through mountains, [...]
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