Are there any decent sites around that show layouts of various size? I know what I want to do (small n guage steam with full blown DCC), but I would like to find a nice medium between trackage (if theres such a word!) and scenery. Mind you, that scenery may be tunnels and cliffs, but I'd like to see a collection of track plans...anyone know a site?
Disisme, Welcome to Trainboard! For a really good site loaded with lots of layouts in lots of scales, check out this link: NMRA List of Worldwide Model Railroads Also, check out the work of some of the other members here on Trainboard, such as Paul Templar's Badger Creek Lumber Company, Alan Curtis' Andersley & Western, Russ Hoffman's Hoffman Valley RR, Daryl Kruse's UP Rochelle Division- I could go on, but there are a lot of folks who have links to their model RR on the Web. Take a look thru the various modeling forums & check out the links- all scales, all gauges. Why, even Paul Cassar, a fellow Aussie, has a wonderful N scale RR and website to show it off on. Good luck, and good browsing!
Thanks Bob. The NMRA link you gave was wrong, btw..its should be http://www.cwrr.com/nmra/ .... LOL The reason I found ths board was because I made a post to rec.model.railroads with my ICQ number in the footer. 2 days later I start icq and get an authorisation request from this Paul guy..... "who the heck are you".... "railroads"....<click authorise button>. 3 hours later, we finished chatting..... great bloke, and VERY helpful. I sorta picked his brain a little (sorry Colonel!)
Here is another: http://www.thortrains.net/nglayou1.html And another: http://www.thortrains.net/poorhox.html This one is HO but it might get the inspirational juices going. And another: http://members.tripod.com/jereising/helix.html This one is how to build a helix. I am responding to another thread you started on helix's. And another: http://www.thortrains.net/nglayou1.html Same site as above except in N And another: http://www.layoutdepot.com/view.ihtml This one to layout depot And another: http://users.iafrica.com/c/ca/caroper/tutorial/challenge.htm A complete how to on one 3 by 5 layout And another: http://www.naisp.net/users/mfischer/m_train2.htm There are all kinds of layouts on the web; lots of inspiration out there. And as some one said above, lots of inspirational photos in the layout design forum, the inspection pit, and N forum here as well. [ 07 May 2002, 22:32: Message edited by: rsn48 ]
Darn- they changed URLs on me! I'll change that in my Favorites list. Thanks! You're right- Paul's a great fella. He's a good one for info, especially for N scale.
Rick...some beauties there. Thanks. Now I am considering double deck 8x4 (courtesy of my 'helixes' thread!!), some of these could be pretty handy, expecially some of the double mainline dogbones (with the mainline extended down the through line of my staging level!!). DCC will make it even better :>)
