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| > Yesterday I got the chance to by 4559 Cargo Railway and 4552 Cargo Crane along
> with some extra rail second hand for $85 and I took the chance.
hehehe... you will be assimilated!
> How large table do I need for a small layout? My collection is in the 40K range
> so I wont add a town around the layout (for now) just the train itself and a
> few extras. I own 10 straigts, 24 curved and 2 switching rails. I will probably
> get more. I will build my own table so I'm not restricted to default table
> sizes, still I don't have *that* much space.
Good advice from others. Bear in mind:
You need 30" width of table for the track to turn 180 degrees. If you have 2
tracks running parallel, you need more width.
Train club show layouts are not necessarily a good basis for a home layout,
unless you only want to watch your train going round and round and round...
If you want something more interesting, I suggest looking at model railroad
layout planning resources for simple layouts (though you have to watch out
for reversing loops). Try here for a start:
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/722hixbk.asp
http://www.trackplanning.com/
http://www.atlasrr.com/products/fanlayout/hoflintro.html
http://www.nmra.org/beginner/extended.html
http://www.nmra.org/beginner/ex_plus.html
Kevin
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| In lugnet.trains, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > Yesterday I got the chance to by 4559 Cargo Railway and 4552 Cargo Crane along
> > with some extra rail second hand for $85 and I took the chance.
>
> hehehe... you will be assimilated!
At first I thought you meant executed then I bothered to look assimilated up
and I think my g/f is the one who's most thrilled (which is a *very* good thing
since she's not bothered to touch my bricks previously). Now she's been
playing/building with LEGO five days in a row on her own (the first few days
thanks to some 4106/4179 buckets I bought).
> Good advice from others. Bear in mind:
>
> You need 30" width of table for the track to turn 180 degrees. If you have 2
> tracks running parallel, you need more width.
>
> Train club show layouts are not necessarily a good basis for a home layout,
> unless you only want to watch your train going round and round and round...
> If you want something more interesting, I suggest looking at model railroad
> layout planning resources for simple layouts (though you have to watch out
> for reversing loops). Try here for a start:
>
> http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/722hixbk.asp
> http://www.trackplanning.com/
> http://www.atlasrr.com/products/fanlayout/hoflintro.html
> http://www.nmra.org/beginner/extended.html
> http://www.nmra.org/beginner/ex_plus.html
Good resources, thanks!
/Tobbe
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