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Re: Roundy Roundy
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:28:46 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
> Most people and groups seem to go for 'roundy roundy' track plans. For
> exhibitions this makes sense as trains can be kept moving without too much
> effort. However most people who have put trackplans or pics of their home
> layouts on Brickshelf also seem to have followed this path. Is this because the
> Lego motor isn't that great when used for shunting, or on end-to-end layouts or
> is it just cos people are thinking 'toy trains'?
> I don't own any 9V points or enough track to really test out end-to-end running
> but I was wondering what others thought?
This is a common question in the general model railroading hobby. Conventional
wisdom is that unless you really like switching (or shunting if you speak UK
english) a continuous track plan is the way to go except for the very largest
layouts where you have multiple operators and can count on someone who likes
making up and breaking down trains in the endpoint yards to supply everyone else
with trains to run on the mainline.
Me, I like watching trains run. So my home layout will be a folded dogbone so
that I have two main lines (really just the one loop running by in both
directions) visible in most places. One endloop will be hidden in my mountain to
reduce the toy trains on a table effect.
A folded dogbone layout does take some space, it's true... unless you can get at
least 120 inches or more of linear length it's almost not worth the bother to
arrange
I'll have some sidings and passing tracks to be sure but just letting the trains
run, and then putting my nose to the table edge so I get a minifigs eye view as
they rumble by will be a large part of the operational regime.
Hope that helps.
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message (...) trains (...) view as (...) Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who likes to put his face right down next to the track. I like to get as close as possible so I can feel the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| A dogbone is good for giving an impression of a double track main line, especially if you hide the loops at each end to a certain extent. However what I was really wondering was whether the characteristic of Lego train components effectivly (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| Most people and groups seem to go for 'roundy roundy' track plans. For exhibitions this makes sense as trains can be kept moving without too much effort. However most people who have put trackplans or pics of their home layouts on Brickshelf also (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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