Subject:
|
Re: Home layouts (Re: Huge layout)
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:38:17 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
575 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
>
> I was
> > planning to build a big layout too (I have access to a attic 7 x 13m) and I
> > have been looking at various track plans model railroaders use but the size
> > of LEGO rails make such layouts very hard so I tend to stick to variations
> > of standard circles.
>
> I've had some smallish (by that standards!) layouts. The biggest took up my
> entire living room (not just trains, but cityscape too), as well as running
> through my dining room and into the bedroom (and around under the bed).
Sounds like a fun layout! I really like the kind of tracks where the train
_really_ travels some distance and you have to move to keep the train in
view :-) Trains running from one room to another are big fun! :-)
> > It made me wonder where most of the LEGO railroaders keep their layouts? Do
> > you have a big track somewhere in a basement
>
> -as of right now, none at all...SRC has most of my trains :). However, I have
> a nice new basement with rain deflector (house) that I am moving to in ~1
> month. I have ~800 (80 m2 roughly) sq ft to play with, give or take. Some of
> that is going to be for tin mice (OO scale layout/workbenches), but a good
> amount will be for Lego (the OO is going in a 24x9 room, probably with my Lego
> building stuff too, because only one side will be "scenic", the OO will run
> around the rest of the basement to give some distance for it to run)
>
> > I'm thinking to create a permanent layout that features two loops that have
> > a few streches near to eachother (at the station) one track goes down in a
> > valley like area while the other one has a few hight variations. Also one
> > would be specialised for freight (I have a design of a coal mine in mind)
> > and the other one for passenger traffic. With switches and signals it should
> > be possible to run at least four trains at the same time.
> > Currently it all just exists on paper tho :-/
> >
> > -Frank
>
> hehehe...mine doesn't even exist on paper yet really. I expect to have 2
> levels again, but am completely open so far as to what I am going to do other
> than that (and how to get between the 2 levels...I have ideas about that
> though)
>
> Think about how you want to operate the trains. Do you want to set up 1-2 to
> run, and then shunt (switch) another one or two? Are you going to remain pure
> to the Lego electrics only? or are you open to model RR style electrics?
I'm thinking of operating the trains the LEGO way- I have a few 12V signals
that work perfectly in a 9V layout. The signals should work to prevent
trains from entering blocks they're not allowed to enter. So it will be
mainly manual labour (uh-huh read pressing buttons) to drive the trains but
I think it's more fun than having the trains to go on full automatic.
> I'm thinking of DCC again, but not sure if I can afford the outlay.
I might concider to run one loop using DCC, but I'm not sure how it would
work. How does DCC communicate with the controlling unit in what block the
train is? I have seen a few webpages about how to build a DCC unit in trains
but I have no clue in what way the train is 'aware' of where it actually is
on the layout.
-Frank
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Home layouts (Re: Huge layout)
|
| (...) It's not aware as to where it is, that _can_ be done, but I haven't investigated far enough to tell _how_ to do it. (You can cornfield meet 2 trains with DCC easy...its much harder to do so with regular train wiring) DCC is primarily intended (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Home layouts (Re: Huge layout)
|
| (...) -I'd like to see one too! I was (...) I've had some smallish (by that standards!) layouts. The biggest took up my entire living room (not just trains, but cityscape too), as well as running through my dining room and into the bedroom (and (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
23 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
