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Hello -- Thanks for the suggestion. I already have two of those things in the room (it's our office) so one or two more shouldn't be a problem. I knew I should have gone for the hardwood flooring

Hi Jon, I wonder if you could try placing one of those clear, plastic mats on the carpet to roll the cart on, at least under the area where the cart will connect to the layout. They are sold in

to soft I haven't built my staging cart yet (the idea really only came along after seeing Iain Rice's design in the Feb 2001 Model Railroader) so I'm a little in the dark. However, the key to me

Hello - Some very good suggestions here - thanks to everyone for contributing. For my particular application, I think the water wings or folded dogbone approach would be impractical - I don't have

challenge, sections, I think Barry's onto something good as well! The waterwings approach is yet another solution to the room's design. A further idea may be to try something like David Barrow's

Hi Jon, You asked: 'If the room had been different -- say, with the closet out along another wall, like this: ____Window_____ | | | | | | |

Thanks for the offer. I hope to get up there this summer as well. My parents have retired to the cottage just outside of Parry Sound and I hope to get some time to visit both. I'll let you and

Hello Barry -- Thanks for posting -- just spent some time at your website and want to say that I'm impressed with both the site and the layout. Last summer, my wife and I drove through the area

the Hi there SLD'ers, I saw one of Jon's posts in the LDSIG and joined up here as I feel the layout I'm currently building fits the small layout design concept. It's an On3 layout based on Iain

Hello -- Thanks, Simon, for pointing out the origins of the room plan. I was not aware that it was based on something from Mr. Koester own home -- I thought it was just a room they came up with

The window is in the end opposite the closet and is about 54" above the floor and about 54"-56" wide with a single slider on the right. This is a very typical arrangement around here for a SxS duplex

Hi all, Jon Piasecki commented that: '....when MRP had a bedroom layout design contest a few years ago, they designed a somewhat large-ish bedroom with the door and closet conveniently tucked away

Hello Greg -- Thanks for the NTA link -- will check it out later tonight! The other insurance map publisher was (is?) -- "Plan Department of the Associated Mutual Insurance Companies" Not sure if

Excellent, exactly what I needed to know. CPR abandoned the line in the town near where I live in the late eighties and early nineties. I am hoping to find some detailed info on the industries served

Hello Greg -- The Brantford maps I found at the Brantford Public Library were published by the Canadian Underwriters Association. The maps I found date from 1965 but appear to have been updated

Have seen reference to fire insurance maps for detailed maps of areas. I see the company in the US is Sanborn. Before I head to the local library does anyone know what the Canadian equivalent is to

Hello -- Good luck on the move! Where is the window in the room? Just wondering. Keep us posted on how you design a layout to fit this space. I'm interested to see how you deal with the window

Hi guys, Thanks for all the ideas. I may be moving to a place with a slightly larger layout space in a year or less, so things likely won't be a tight as my original description. I'm thinking in

Heh heh, I suppose at least the layout will be small enough to go in your luggage! I hadn't thought about you guys entering, but it's a very small size of layout and really does excercise the mind to

Hi Martyn, Nothing gets the juices going like a friendly competition. I think it is a great idea! I've got a class 03 and a few cars to shunt about. My only concern is: "Entrants may be required to