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Re: GMLTC layout 'show' pictures
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Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:50:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
For this show we
built two plywood boxes to give us room to loop the two mainlines back on
each other, creating a 'dogbone' layout.

Could you elaborate what you mean by "plywood boxes" in this context? When
first I saw the pics I had assumed you were looping the track around behind
the curtain on banquet tables or something. Are you saying you had hidden
dogbone ends, or something different? Thanks!

I did look through the other pics and did not see what you referred to.
Echoing everyone else's oohs and ahhs is a given, of course.

FUT trains.org as this is show related, scaffolding for partially completed
modulars is quite interesting conceptually.

++Lar



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  Re: GMLTC layout 'show' pictures
 
(...) Nothing that complicated - we used our regular tables (40"x60"), Conan threw together some simple plywood boxes to get up to track height on each end of the layout. (16+ bricks on the low end, 24+ bricks on the high end.) We put a simple loop (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

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  GMLTC layout 'show' pictures
 
Yes, the new GMLTC train layout has had its world premier at the 2001 Hostfest in Minot, North Dakota. We had four completed modules, of our ultimate plan of 16 modules in the layout. This is our first layout built to handle 8-wide trains, with two (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build) ! 

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