-Garfield,
One of my favorite small layout plans is from the
Sept. 1951 issue of MR. It is also on p. 10, plan #10
of 101 Track Plans for Model Railroaders published by
Kalmbach. Lots of potential for extension, and your
steamers should do fine on the 15" radius curves.
Even a P2K Consolidation will handle it! Contact me
off-list if you want a copy of the origional article.
Mike in Denver
-- Garfield <olecowboy2001@...> wrote:
Hi. I'm a recent member of the group and it seems
to me that one of
the real problems many of us face is finding and/or
developing plans
for small spaces. I've been in and out of the hobby
for 25 years--
out mostly due to work-related travel. Now I'm
retired and have a 3-
0 by 12-0 space (with one of the long sides against
a wall and access
from the other three sides) and I can't seem to find
anything that
would satisfy my HO givens and druthers. I enjoy
building structures
and probably have more than I'll ever use but that
doesn't solve the
problem of getting my steam on the track. I'm not
big into
operations and would prefer continuous running but
that doesn't seem
to be possible either. My engines are 2-6--0 and
2-8-0 in HOn3 and 2-
6-0, 2-8-0(spectrum) and 4-4-0 in HO. Can somebody
tell me if they
will handle curves of 15-16" so I can get some
continuous running.
As for plans, I've bought just about every book
that's available and
I've joined 10 of these groups. There's lots of
good ideas and maybe
I'm being too fussy But "small" seems to stop at
4x8 and I wonder if
there aren't a lot of us that fall below those
parameters. Hope I'm
not wasting time and space but I wanted to get my
two and a half
cents worth off my chest. Thanks for listening.
The ole cowboy.
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