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    What's your Best custom locomotive?

    Theres a gentlemen in OakVille Ontario Canada who has some FANTASTIC work See Here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14503095@N04/sets/72157603913931681/
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    British narrow gauge in 009 - County Gate

    Just wanted to say your layout is amazing I LOVE! your scenery and your attention to detail is supurb ! ... Great work :)
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    Building a layout from scratch (Need Advice)

    I had such an elaborate plan in my head, and I can see it in my head, however, I've never actually gotten around to getting proper measurments. **Note my layout is NOT! a completed loop, but a back and forth layout. Everything has been done by simply guessing and estimating in my head. I...
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    Building a layout from scratch (Need Advice)

    So, 14" that would be from the corner of the wall, to the apex of the corner? See Diagram Also, I've been playing with a few Model train layout softwares, and no matter what, I can never seem to get both ends of the (22 and 24.5 inch turns) to meet at the other end sparing the same distance...
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    Building a layout from scratch (Need Advice)

    Hmm, well I was planning on only having the shelf about 6" out from the wall on the striaghts, maybe 8" as per the turns I was kinda hoping to keep them as narrow as possible, due to the extreme space limitations in my room.
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    Building a layout from scratch (Need Advice)

    Thats great Kerry, Thanks. As per the 75" distance for the incline, I won't be going shorter because its such a long and heavy train. 10 of these: plus a dummy F59PH I will be using the #8 turnouts, given that I have the space on my layout to do so. Aswell, for the 24.5" radius...
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    New Layout

    Oh Really? Bummer, I also note that you can't create any elevations yet :( Thanks anyways Grant
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    progress so far

    Looks fantastic, How long has it taken you to get this far?
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    New Layout

    Hey this software looks pretty good, are there any limitations to using the demo?
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    Building a layout from scratch (Need Advice)

    I'm about to start my layout, I'm going to be running 2 trains, a 10 car Go Transit and an 8 car Via Rail. They will be parrallel lines running in my bed room along the wall. There is going to be all 4 walls covered in a shelf like layout except where the door is. I have a few questions I'd...
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    New Layout

    Wow, how did you get those drawings? is there an application to draw track layouts?
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