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Hello dear friends, I want to introduce my freeware layout design program, called SCARM, which you can download and test from http://www.scarm.info/index_en.html. It has lightweight and intuitive user interface, 3D view, more than 25 track-system libraries and many other cool functions and...

Old time logging operation and freight with properly loaded gondola.

I'm about 1/2 way through my first "practice" layout (1'x6'). I'm sticking with modular / shelf type layouts until I can take over the basement (wife says 8 more years :) ... Plus I like the concept of building small sections that are detachable and portable in case I move. I've done much...

The sheep can come !

Hey you all...some of you may know me as Jabbajawz4life on Youtube I do some HO scale how to videos and some tip videos. The link to my youtube page is http://www.youtube.com/user/Jabbajawz4life and I think that my layout personally has a lot of potential. My layout is pretty much based in...

Hello All, this looks like a good place to play. I am in the planning stages and have a question about turnouts. When designing a track plan are there specific reasons (prototypically) that one would use #4, $6, #8 etc turnouts? Or would different turnout #s be used in a yard vs. a...

Overveiw

I'm in the process of laying down cork strips for my roadbed. Does anyone have a simple technique/trick that allows for clean/crisp fit of cork roadbed under turnouts. I find I'm either losing the bevel or having to guess where to cut. Many thanks in advance. Eric

Grandt Line + BullAnt + Loksound micro

A freelanced HO layout under construction. The Carson Valley Line was bought up by Santa Fe RR in 1963 and now in 1965 it is operating with equipment from both railroads, steam and diesel. Both the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific have trackage rights into Carson City station.

A freelanced HO layout under construction. The Carson Valley Line was bought up by Santa Fe RR in 1963 and now in 1965 it is operating with equipment from both railroads, steam and diesel. Both the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific have trackage rights into Carson City station.

I live in Utah and I was so excited when we started to get trains here. We now have LR transit and commuter rail. I would like to start a layout of my city. I have done a lot of thinking and looking into how to build custom models of the buildings in the city. The problem I am running into is...

I live in Utah and I was so excited when we started to get trains here. We now have LR transit and commuter rail. I would like to start a layout of my city. I have done a lot of thinking and looking into how to build custom models of the buildings in the city. The problem I am running into is...

First of all, thanks for all the advice regarding my first attempt that, in retrospect, missed the mark completely. I feel that I have learned much since then. This layout features a large yard and yard lead that are completely off the mainline. I exchanged the roundhouse for a 2-stall...

Layout of the MR.Joo,-Ribeirao Pires, Brazil, And Model of MR.Guilherme and Carlos S.

Finished Up Layout Plan

This a view from the North corner of the room across the peninsula. The peninsula holds 6 loops of staging track on two levels for the mainline operations. On top of the peninsula there will be a Coal Mine and a power plant connected for empties in and loads out operation. There wil also be...