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David, Your layout looks fun. I was wondering how the scenery is going to work? What will the raised section be? The before and after shots of the boxcar are incredible. I wish the magazines would do

Hot diggity dog! I don't know why it took me so long to find this group, But i'm thrilled I finally have. My layout is really small: 2'x4'3", H.O. scale interuban layout. You can view the track plan

Try XtrkCad from www.sillub.com you can download a free limited demo and see if it's any use to you before you buy. It does all my small layout planning. The restriction is on the size of layout you

Hello Brian -- Sorry about the jab! It was just a joke, though. For the record, everyone: the federal tax agency in Canada does NOT install surveillance equipment in our homes or offices or home

Hi all, I've been trying out a few ideas, but think my earlier idea of wrapping the whole Nelson complex around two or three sides of the room still has merit. A large part of the switching action in

Jon: As an employee of said tax bureau, I can appreciate the joke. While I would like to enlarge on the idea, I can't. Regarding the flooring problem, large wide casters may solve some of the problem

wrote off the room as can use the room bureau people (Remote Monitoring for business, so I THEY DO THIS IN CANADA? Good God, if they tried that here in the states people would be rioting in the

Hello -- I presently have two of those plastic chair mat things in the office/possible layout room and, yeah, they get dimpled. They depth of the dimples varies depending on the hardness of the

I'd probably use a piece of 3/4 thick hardwood plywood finished to look like a floor. I'd expect that the plastic would dimple over time. At least that's been my experience with those plastic mats in

wrote: I'd go even further and say that the investment in a good model railroad design package like CADRail or 3rdPlanIt is well worth the cost. Doodles are good to start but are almost always too

Hello Brian -- Congratulations on the new house! Keep us posted on your room prep and layout progress. Your excitement over the discovery of new space sounds familiar. When I realised that I had a

Hi guys, Since I posted the message below, there have been a few changes. I have purchased a townhouse with a room in the basement approx. 18x11.5 plus 3x8 with room in an adjacent room for hidden

Hi all, Please excuse the cross-list posting on this and the possible encroachment into the dreaded "off-topic zone" but I know there are many who would be interested in the following news: Apparently

Hello All -- Not sure if this has been posted on this list before or not. Check out -- http://www.bcsj.org/rr/timesaver/index.html -- for a nicely scenicked John Allen Timesaver switching layout.

I don't appear to have that trackplan - any cahance of a copy? hotel in standard in to I've

For those who have never heard of it, there is a UK magazine called Model Trains International, which specialises in small layouts, from anywhere in the world. The current issue has an article on

Now and then I've been sent on 3 to 6 month assignments in other cities, and I've wondered what you could do with a layout in a hotel room. Here is what I came up with, based on looking at some

Jon, My situation as a renter is definitely different from homeowners. The only semi permanent thing I installed was metal shelf brackets, no lights or coving. Ken jonp@...

Hello All -- This question is for people who have built layouts in bedrooms and home offices or any sort of room that had to remain available for activities other than the layout: What sort of room

Hello Jeff -- An interesting idea -- let us know if you actually build it. Like your 2-scene layout that you proposed in an earlier post and that we sketched up at --