My 'Kitchen Table Railway' is just that. A 16mm scale, 32mm gauge
railway on the kitchen table because its the only available space in my
small, very small, flat. Its 4ft x 2ft and the background is made in
foam board which can be quickly lifted off when I need to store the
railway for those odd occasions when the kitchen table has to be used as
a kitchen table. Not up to the standard of most modellers but at least
it allows me to run something and keep my interest alive.
Barry
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From: "libinus via Groups.Io" <david.thomas967=
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To:
[email protected]Sent: 21/10/2018 10:56:43
Subject: Re: [small-layout-design] What is a "small layout"
>Hi Joe
>
>In H0 4x1 is probably a tad small for a 5:3:3? Inglenook with typical
>US equipment but it's easy to add a clip on "stick" beyond the modelled
>layout to form part of the yard lead. The total minimum length you need
>is the length of 8 cars plus the length of the loco plus the length of
>the first turnout with a couple of inches for clearance. That or any
>other fairly simple switching layout using equipment that you don't
>mind other people handlng can be a great way to give people at train
>shows , especially youngsters,? hands on experience rather than just
>looking at other people's work.
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>It's not just youngsters though. Some years ago, I was operating a
>friend's small, 5ft 6 ins by 18ins plus cassette based "fiddle yard",
>H0 layout at an exhibition near Paris (France) and got talking to a
>visitor who was clearly fascinated by our typically British intensity
>of operation . Rather regretfully, he told me that living in a small
>Paris apartment gave him no room for a working layout but he might
>manage a diorama. When I explained Inglenook Sidings to him- it can
>just be fitted into four feet with older European four wheel wagons -
>his obvious delight was wonderful to see; he really could have a
>working layout. I'll never know whether anything came of that
>conversation of course but it taught me that we all have the the
>possibility of starting the ball rolling.
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