After no model railroad for the last 8 years, I can at long last once again have a layout. I am 60 years old and with any luck, this one will last the rest of my life.
The space available is in a clean, dry, well lit, finished basement room about 22' x 15.5' but with a need to accommodate access to an outside door.
I have had both HO and N layouts in the past. I am thinking HO. I have never participated in or hosted group operations, so this will most likely be a one man railroad.
I am located in Lawrenceville, GA (metro Atlanta area) and my primary interest is in Southeast Railroads. Thinking either Southern or Seaboard Coast Line in the 1970's.
Right now I am using Cadrail to start drafting track plan ideas. I am also thinking hard about prototype and years but nothing is absolutely final as yet.
All of my previous model railroad stuff was sold 8 years ago when the layout was torn down and I needed money to pay for my sons graduate school. So I am starting with a clean slate for locomotives, rolling stock and everything else.
I would really like to exchange thoughts and ideas about the layout. Anyone out there using Cadrail? Any Southern or SCL fans?
The space available is in a clean, dry, well lit, finished basement room about 22' x 15.5' but with a need to accommodate access to an outside door.
I have had both HO and N layouts in the past. I am thinking HO. I have never participated in or hosted group operations, so this will most likely be a one man railroad.
I am located in Lawrenceville, GA (metro Atlanta area) and my primary interest is in Southeast Railroads. Thinking either Southern or Seaboard Coast Line in the 1970's.
Right now I am using Cadrail to start drafting track plan ideas. I am also thinking hard about prototype and years but nothing is absolutely final as yet.
All of my previous model railroad stuff was sold 8 years ago when the layout was torn down and I needed money to pay for my sons graduate school. So I am starting with a clean slate for locomotives, rolling stock and everything else.
I would really like to exchange thoughts and ideas about the layout. Anyone out there using Cadrail? Any Southern or SCL fans?