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    Sixty years of MR'ing and still going.

    I have posted a picture of my virtual layout in the digital forum. Keeps me railroading while deciding on any new physical layout. Ken in East Texas.
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    My Virtual RR to replace the old layout that was too big for an old Railroader

    Not completed, but working. (The Searchlight signal in the background has nothing to do with the CTC board. It is a lightning detector, i.e. time to unplug stuff warning.) This is my project to keep railroading after dismantling my far too large layout of past years and before any...
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    Sixty years of MR'ing and still going.

    The proper size for a layout is in direct proportion to the number of operators who help with the maintenance. Unfortunately, while a MRR can often be expanded, shrinking it is another matter. I never had much (or any) luck with MRR clubs - they were either too bound up in politics or...
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    Sixty years of MR'ing and still going.

    A sheet of plywood would be a tight fit for O scale, but I am contemplating a narrow switching layout along one wall. The scenery would be simple, and trackwork would be virtually just straight sections with little need of fancy carpentry. And, the workings would fit a one man operation. It...
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    Sixty years of MR'ing and still going.

    Long time layout builder, starting with a genuine Lionel set on a 4x8 sheet of plywood back in the 50's. Except for college and military service, I have had a railroad ever since. First with HO, then a change to O gauge sometime in the 80's. Alas, all things must end. I was (am) blessed with...
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