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Heh, most of it is actually tools... the tools I would use to build the layout. ;) The other item is the SO wants to do something with "the other half" of the room... so in theory, I could use 1/2 the space.

Try to answer a number of items at once... The room itself is actually large, like 30'x17', but due to doors, equipment, stuff, etc, the room has been cut down. I agree that an "along the wall" might be better off, but then it makes the continuous train running more difficult. A large L...

394.5 feet each? I have track envy... BTW: your videos are awesome, fabulous and inspirational. Make more.

I did not see this posted before, but stumbled across this youtube channel which appears to be live "Train Drivers View" feeds. Some of them are quite beautiful this time of year. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUPn5IEQugMf_JeNJOV9p2A

I have come to the realization that the 5'x9' will not fit in the space provided. I will have to go with the 4x8. I am seriously considering this 4x8 layout: http://www.layoutvision.com/id48.html On that layout, I would probably add another turnout just in case of later expansion, or for a...

Ah, you are correct. I still do not know if I can do the 5x9... I certainly could only afford the inner track to begin with due to the large number of turnouts (e.g. cost). To answer your other question, the shelf idea is not gone, but it does not offer continuous running, which is one of my...

I linked to them before, but here is the "shortline" (the author calls it falls mill): http://www.layoutvision.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/falls_mill_component.pdf The Description is here: http://layoutvision.com/id48.html I really like a continuous running train, and this one is...

No to jump off the rails, but can someone explain to me the allure (or not) of going with the "out and back" over say a "shortline" type setup? Again, I could start and add the switches later on. I might be able to swing the innermost circle of the Classic out and back 5x9 with parts on hand...

Sirfoldalot: I h ave seen that before. Very interesting. I think if I were to do the St. Antoine Sur Mer, I would like to change the "fiddle yard" to be a "real yard", or at least the beginning of one. (three of four tracks)? Another question would be I currently own ten #6 PECO insulfrog...

I think I understand what you are saying on the middle, but not the lower. Do you mean add another turnout to get to the lower industries?

I actually looked quite a bit at this out and back in 5x9: http://www.layoutvision.com/gallery/id53.html The main thing that sort of stops me is there are about $550 in switches on the 5x9 out and back. I really like the plan, but I can not come up with the cash to start that. Also not entirely...

Moved to a new location, I can no longer do the large basement layout I had planned. I might be able to do an "L" layout. Preface: I love continuous running trains, but I might have to bite the bullet. I could do a 4x8, but after reading all of the internet posts on why 4x8 are bad, and why it...

Update The more I think about it, the more I think it was something like this: California Dreamin However, I find this one more interesting, although it is on a 9x5 not a 4x8. The classic HO out and back on 5x9 Does anyone think the out and back is a useful/good layout to start with? The...

Not that one, but that is nice. One of the vague details I remember is that there was a (more or less) diagonal wall in the middle of the 4x8 layout, which separated the two towns. The actual layout was kind of a hybrid out and back (or in and out?) layout, where one town was on one side and...

Not to be vague, but there was a post on this forum (it may not be this particular section, it may have been in HO or something) about a gentlemen who built a layout on a 4x8 sheet. It was two towns. He had several pictures of the completed project, which was really nice. There was a wall in the...