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Re: Creative ways to run trains in small places
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:24:26 GMT
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Doug Dropeskey wrote:
> I would like to have a train layout, with permanent structures, supplemental
> vehicles, and so forth, but I really do not have the room for it. Has anyone
> come up with a creative way to build, run, and store a lego train layout in a
> small space? For example, I was thinking of a train table, perhaps 2x3 or 2x4
> feet, that would scissor open to 1x6 or 1x8 and fit along a wall in the garage.
> I know they can be run on high shelves surrounding a room, but that's too
> intrusive for me.
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> Or to go another route, has lego produced microscale trains yet, in track sizes
> comperable with HO scale? Has anyone kitbashed HO scale trucks, powerpacks, and
> couplings with lego parts for this purpose.
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> Thanks,
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> -Doug
One of the classic solutions used by non-Lego model railroaders might work for
you as well. It does require a largish garage, however. The idea is to have a
layout on a platform that can be raised up by chains or ropes so that you can
park your car(s) underneath. To play with the train, you take the cars out of
the garage, and lower the layout platform.
-Chris Gray
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| (...) A variation of this (that I had in my bedroom as a kid) is to have the layout hinged on one edge and fixed to a (strong) shelf. When not used it folds up against the wall. Mine was hollow, with an operating well/hole in the middle. (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| I would like to have a train layout, with permanent structures, supplemental vehicles, and so forth, but I really do not have the room for it. Has anyone come up with a creative way to build, run, and store a lego train layout in a small space? For (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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