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Re: Train(ee) newbie wants to know how large table?
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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:57:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
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I'm moving to a bigger apartment and will get my very own room for LEGO so I
can have a table for a permanent train layout. This is a unique opurtunity I
guess.

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.

I realize this might be a difficult question but I hope to get a feeling for
the size needed and then adopt it into my own world :)

With many thanks in advance,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
(remove SPAM when e-mailing)

Hello there Tobbe, I live in a studio apartment and have room to mount my
layout on a 30"× 72" banquet table w/folding legs. Featuring an oval with a
passing siding, I intend to incorporate a small yard soon.

Due to my small layout, I've chosen to scale down my rolling stock...all my
equipment (including locos) is now four-wheeled so I can have the effect of
'long' trains.

And as for your next train purchase? I'd recommend the 4565 Freight And
Crane Railway (I smell a potential 'set soon to be discontinued' in the air
on this one, which has been in production since 1996!)

Take Care And Enjoy,
-Harvey



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(...) My g/f expressed a wish to have a rail long enough for the train to vanish out of sight for a while. I think I need a bigger apartment even *before* I move in to the new one :) Not to mention a increased budget for all that rail... Why is that (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  Train(ee) newbie wants to know how large table?
 
Hi all! During the past six months I've been trying to decide weather to start with LEGO trains or not. The local toystore has both the 4565 Fraight & Crane Railway and 4561 Railway Express, another local toystore has a large chunk of the S@H My Own (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)

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