Are you sure that's for a railroad? Looks like you're going to be throwing raves down there.
I think you’re going to end up putting in DC blocks after a month or two of running. But it’s Unitrack, so easy enough to snap in the insulated...
Yeah, I drew this for JNS 10+ years ago so it’s set up like a little Japanese fishing village. But the twice-around gets you more runtime than an...
How about this for a 4x4? Fits into a corner. [IMG]
[ATTACH] Who is nerfing my insults? CardScientist and I are friends IRL, he's a tough enough guy.
Concur with what others have said about having a yarr escape track. Looking forward to the progress pics!
[IMG] And back to floor running. Love this MPC N5C.
So are we all just going with North Texas-spec Owl Brown as our default module color now? Is that going to be a global standard?
Fall train show season is here. [IMG] Seen a semi-scale K4 on one of the layout tours and I uh, need one now. I don't know where I'm going to...
Does your track have black ties that are ~1/4" tall or brown ties that are low to the ground?
[IMG] [IMG] This stuff looks SO GOOD on the floor.
On the way: Williams GG-1, 175' of Menards track, about a dozen pieces of rolling stock, vintage ZW transformer, lockons. Up next: Fall train...
If you're looking for a direct standin for the WMATA Rohr cars, I'd go custom as above. If you're just looking for a generic "American metro"...
You might think about doing a 30x60 or a 30x72. Single level, just a loop of R282/315 with a couple yard tracks. I’m in the same boat - old...
Solid choices all around. If you're going to 10 feet you don't really need a helix anymore, you can do a linear incline along one side. JNR put...
Another vote for XTrkCAD here, it's A++++ #1
Welcome to the club. AmiAmi is consistently 10-15% cheaper than HS, because they don't keep most stuff in stock. I use HS for big orders of...
One other thing, if you've got multiple circuits in the same box you want to differentiate outlets. I used 20A and 15A plugs (the 20A is the...
Ditto Sumner on outlets everywhere. When I did my office electrical (which may eventually house trains, if North Forest ever gives way to an...