Layout design

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Continuous or not?

Tue, 2020-05-26 09:07 — dave1905

I am about to launch Phase II of my layout construction. My layout will model the W&N Branch or the P&R Railroad from Wilmington , DE to Birdsboro, PA (near Reading, PA) in 1900-1905.  I have built the southern half from Wilmington to Coatesville, now its time to start the Northern half, Coatesville to Birdsboro.

Baro's 9x2.5

Mon, 2020-05-25 16:34 — baronjutter

Hello folks, never really posted here but thought I'd share the current progress on my little 9x2.5 N scale layout I've been working on over the last year.  

The layout is almost entirely urban with most buildings scratch-built.

My most recent task has been striping the streets and generally getting that sort of work done.

Santa Fe - The Surf Line (1950’s)

Sun, 2020-05-24 05:27 — J Mitchell

Hello all

i am currently building a large HO layout using many of the features from a Keith Jordan layout from Model Railroader magazine, issue August 2004.

I was wondering if anyone else had built or used part of that layout design. The Surf Line is a fascinating piece of trackage, and ties in with my interest of citrus industry modelling too.

Regards

Justin

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Very Unique Waterfront Switching Layout

Sat, 2020-05-23 06:44 — railandsail

I have been fascinated with this fellows work on a pier terminal building. And all the while as I read thru his numerous postings and great photos, I assumed he was  building it to add into a bigger layout. But today I just discovered he was actually building a stand alone switching layout.

http://www.railroad-line.com/discussion/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=40790&whichpage=46

Modelling canals and railroads

Sat, 2020-05-23 05:54 — mark_h_charles

Historically, there are many places in the US where canals and railroads were connected geographically or economically. Besides the C&O canal, recently mentioned elsewhere, And of course there's the Delaware and Hudson Company, where an early and successful canal was gradually replaced by a  long-lived railroad.

There are a number of lesser-known places in the northeastern US where railroads were built on the towpaths of former canals.

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Dioramas in office boxes

Sat, 2020-05-16 12:00 — jpachl
Over the years, I built a number of small layouts and dioramas. Since there is not sufficient space to have all of them on permanent display on my bookshelf, I designed several dioramas to fit into some kind of office storage equipment.
 
 
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6th Ave Scenery

Wed, 2020-05-13 17:45 — dave1905

Next scenery project is the area around 6th Ave Yard.  I have the the yard office and the support buildings done, now to the homes around 6th Ave.

San Luis and Rio Grande -- A new hope

Mon, 2020-05-11 11:18 — taholmes160

Hi Guys:

Got busy again with the track planning software -- revised my track plan for the N scale San Luis and Rio Grande -- I would love to have your critiques and commentsThanks

TIM

Moderator: Fixed size on drawing. I find 750 works best. Clicking on it will bring it up full size in  a new window.

G&D Sorethroat Branchline Mk3, construction has started

Sun, 2020-05-10 09:13 — McRuss

Hello,

I did some thinking about the trackplan and I wasn't happy with it. In 1992 September Issue of Modelrailroader, there was a trackplan for a proposed layout in a small room called Spokane, Pasco & Wallace. Since I saw these trackplan in the 90s I tried to plan a layout based on these plan. Over the years these plan was stored in the backs of my brain, but during the last weeks it reemerged. ^_^


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