Ned Torbin
Member
Hello everyone, as a person re-entering the hobby, it has been fascinating to read this site and watch lots of YouTube videos on the many angles one can go for in running model trains! I gave some details in the welcome/introduction forum, but in a nutshell I dabbled in HO from age 7 to 15, and much inspiration was from watching trains with Dad at age 7 & 8. This left me interested in the 60's through 80's era (I think?). I saw lot's of high nose locomotives IIRC pulling boxcars, coal hoppers, and tank cars.
I'm open minded to exploring. I have a spare room I plan to use. It's 13' 4 " x 11' 6", with a door in one corner, and a quirky corner on opposite corner of that same wall due to a closet from the neighboring room.
I am interested in doing HO scale. From the YouTube videos I watched, I like the idea of some yard operations, and sending cars off to some industry, and having a continuous running loop to rack up some miles maybe. I'm thinking one industry area of coal, another involving oil, and another with freight.
I also downloaded SCARM, and I am having a lot of fun playing with this puzzle! I started off selecting Atlas code 83 snap track with the intention of not going anything tighter than 24 inch radius turns (item #536). I then did my best to apply number 6 (by Peco) or greater. As I made adjustments, I swapped out a lot of the snap track with Peco code 83 flex track and kept all turns greater than 24" radius.
I was hoping to get some feedback on a couple of attached images I included with this post. I'm sure I have made some classic mistakes that any beginner might make, such as maybe being trigger happy with turnouts? Feel free to rip it apart and tell me where I might be getting myself into trouble. In the meantime I'll keep reading through this forum and watching videos. I look forward to learning a lot from anyone willing to share.
FYI, each grey box = 12 inches.
I'm open minded to exploring. I have a spare room I plan to use. It's 13' 4 " x 11' 6", with a door in one corner, and a quirky corner on opposite corner of that same wall due to a closet from the neighboring room.
I am interested in doing HO scale. From the YouTube videos I watched, I like the idea of some yard operations, and sending cars off to some industry, and having a continuous running loop to rack up some miles maybe. I'm thinking one industry area of coal, another involving oil, and another with freight.
I also downloaded SCARM, and I am having a lot of fun playing with this puzzle! I started off selecting Atlas code 83 snap track with the intention of not going anything tighter than 24 inch radius turns (item #536). I then did my best to apply number 6 (by Peco) or greater. As I made adjustments, I swapped out a lot of the snap track with Peco code 83 flex track and kept all turns greater than 24" radius.
I was hoping to get some feedback on a couple of attached images I included with this post. I'm sure I have made some classic mistakes that any beginner might make, such as maybe being trigger happy with turnouts? Feel free to rip it apart and tell me where I might be getting myself into trouble. In the meantime I'll keep reading through this forum and watching videos. I look forward to learning a lot from anyone willing to share.
FYI, each grey box = 12 inches.
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