Thank you. The geometry is something I'll need to work through since I plan to do a curvy route. I'll likely need to download a tool to help me...
Cool - thanks. I have always used Peco/Atlas flex track/turnouts but figured with the temp variations in the garage it might be better to go with...
Thanks. I probably didn't phrase it correctly but my main concern was about contraction/expansion/operating/etc. The reason I would pursue...
You mentioned the temperature changes in your home. I'm in PHX and am thinking of doing a garage layout in N with Unitrak since our home here...
Hey group, I don't remember ever posting about my current under construction layout but thought I'd just share a basic view of what I'm...
At one time I'd read that the Boylston Hill alignment could have been modified to reduce the grade quite a bit. It might have been a Michael Sol...
Thanks for the reply. I have since been in contact a few times with him. It sounds like he was sending emails but I wasn't getting them for some...
I'm wondering if anyone has a personal connection to Kendall Johnen at Blue Caboose? If so, could you PM me? I'm trying to reach him about a...
My wife has tolerated my hobby since before we were married, but I have certainly allowed it to impact us negatively at times. We have a "train...
I love the platforms. They really add to the scene! -Dave
I ride the wave all the time. I made a push for a few months in the train room back in Feb-Mar, then have been sidetracked with other things. I...
Wow, I'm jealous! I've long desired to do something outdoors, and even have it all planned out in my mind. But my wife said "Hey, sounds great....
I like Plan 2 the best personally. I am actually modeling a prototype line near Olympia, Washington - a several mile long industrial spur of...
I agree with Dave Vollmer - why are we different? It reminds me of my once-favorite-now-gone train shop locally, Express Station Hobbies. There...
Years ago we put one of those in our garage. Well, one afternoon we were in the kitchen and could hear the sound of something in the garage - it...
My wife got me Lance Mindheim's book How to Build a Switching Layout as well as a $50 gc to Feather River Trains. I'm hoping to pick up one of...
I'm with you on that one. And as you know, I can't use the excuse of needing any more switches! (Thanks again). Well, with the kids back in...
Wow, Michael, great looking layout! I sold you a couple of MILW SD40-2's sometime earlier this decade. :-) Glad to see they went to an...
Geeky, I can only speak for myself, but I have found so many self-inflicted roadblocks along the way, and the reasons are quite varied. I...
The UP siding in Auburn, WA is sort of like this on the north end. The main appears to diverge slightly, while the siding has the old mainline...
