Discussion of the design and construction of small model railroad layouts. PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT SALES AND WANTS ADVERTS - EBAY IS THERE FOR THEM. This group is intended for the average model railroader who does not have an entire basement or even an entire room to devote to a layout. Here we will discuss smaller layouts -- table-tops, shelf layouts, micro-layouts, modules and modular layouts -- and how they can be designed and built for enjoyment and modelling satisfaction. The above is an example borrowed from Carl Arendt's excellent site and also at Due to restrictions in file space, 4 separate groups had been set up for the sharing of design files and photos. /g/sldfiles/g/sldfiles2/g/sldfiles3Due to space restrictions on groups.io photos from the Small Layout Design yahoo group are located at the following /g/small-layout-design-photosBy the way, we do not tolerate trolls or flaming
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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When:
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Description:
Discussion of the design and construction of small model railroad layouts.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT SALES AND WANTS ADVERTS - EBAY IS THERE FOR THEM.
This group is intended for the average model railroader who does not have an entire basement or even an entire room to devote to a layout. Here we will discuss smaller layouts -- table-tops, shelf layouts, micro-layouts, modules and modular layouts -- and how they can be designed and built for enjoyment and modelling satisfaction.
The above is an example borrowed from Carl Arendt's excellent site
and also at
Due to restrictions in file space, 4 separate groups had been set up for the sharing of design files and photos.
/g/sldfiles
/g/sldfiles2
/g/sldfiles3
Due to space restrictions on groups.io photos from the Small Layout Design yahoo group are located at the following
/g/small-layout-design-photos
By the way, we do not tolerate trolls or flaming
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Re: is this still a small layout?
Joe,
a KCT locomotive would be nice, but I don't think there are any in this
color scheme for Large Scale. I got a SF-Alco and looked for a place,
where SF would interchange with an industrial shortline so this
shortline could have leased the engine. I found the KCT and think, it is
a good match. I'm not good at painting engines so I do not think I can
paint the Alco in KTC colors. Maybe I find a custom painter somewhere
who could do that, though I really like the blue and yellow scheme of
the S4.
Utz
Am 08.03.2025 um 02:16 schrieb TILLMAN,
JOE via groups.io:
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Utz,
At 15 sq. ft or thereabouts, it qualifies as a small layout. It
isn't a Arendt microlayout but it is a small layout and a neat
looking and operationally fun one at that. I love the KC area.
Do you plan for some black and yellow KCT locomotives??
Keep up the good work and have fun!
Joe
On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:19:53 +0100, "Utz - R. Kaufmann
via groups.io"
<utz.kaufmann@...> wrote:
Hi!
I?m working on this layout in my bedroom but I'm not sure if
it
qualifies as a small layout in this group.
Utz
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Re: is this still a small layout?
Utz,
At 15 sq. ft or thereabouts, it qualifies as a small layout. It isn't a Arendt microlayout but it is a small layout and a neat looking and operationally fun one at that. I love the KC area. Do you plan for some black and yellow KCT locomotives??
Keep up the good work and have fun!
Joe
On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:19:53 +0100, "Utz - R. Kaufmann via groups.io" <utz.kaufmann@...> wrote:
Hi!
I?m working on this layout in my bedroom but I'm not sure if it
qualifies as a small layout in this group.
Utz
?
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Re: is this still a small layout?
Here is more information about this layout:
it is in Large Scale and since there a very few industrials buildings in this scale and I do not have much room I will use flat prints of industrial fronts and partial sides from the 3D Program DAZ Studio laminated to Gator board. It is possible to use this 3D programm to design these flats to almost any size.
Real model parts can be added to get a more 3 dimensional front of the building. Also there are roofs available. With them added to the flats I can hide the mainline part and the interchange.
The ground will of course be built in a conventional way.
Utz
Am 07.03.2025 um 19:19 schrieb Utz - R. Kaufmann via groups.io:
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Hi!
I?m working on this layout in my bedroom but I'm not sure if it qualifies as a small layout in this group.
Utz
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Re: is this still a small layout?
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Re: is this still a small layout?
Nice! ?Looks like it will be fun to operate.
Charles Weston San Antonio
On Friday, March 7, 2025, 12:20:02 PM CST, Utz - R. Kaufmann via groups.io <utz.kaufmann@...> wrote:
Hi!
I?m working on this layout in my bedroom but I'm not sure if it
qualifies as a small layout in this group.
Utz
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Re: is this still a small layout?
Looks to be a great small shunting style layout that you can have fun with.
On Sat, 8 Mar 2025, 05:20 Utz - R. Kaufmann via , <utz.kaufmann= [email protected]> wrote: Hi!
I?m working on this layout in my bedroom but I'm not sure if it
qualifies as a small layout in this group.
Utz
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is this still a small layout?
Hi!
I?m working on this layout in my bedroom but I'm not sure if it qualifies as a small layout in this group.
Utz
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Saturday, March 1, 2025
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When:
Saturday, March 1, 2025
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Description:
Discussion of the design and construction of small model railroad layouts.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT SALES AND WANTS ADVERTS - EBAY IS THERE FOR THEM.
This group is intended for the average model railroader who does not have an entire basement or even an entire room to devote to a layout. Here we will discuss smaller layouts -- table-tops, shelf layouts, micro-layouts, modules and modular layouts -- and how they can be designed and built for enjoyment and modelling satisfaction.
The above is an example borrowed from Carl Arendt's excellent site
and also at
Due to restrictions in file space, 4 separate groups had been set up for the sharing of design files and photos.
/g/sldfiles
/g/sldfiles2
/g/sldfiles3
Due to space restrictions on groups.io photos from the Small Layout Design yahoo group are located at the following
/g/small-layout-design-photos
By the way, we do not tolerate trolls or flaming
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Re: Do we really need sldfiles/sldfile2/SLDFiles3
Bruce,
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Thanks for the explanation as to why it would not be appropriate to consolidate the groups under the one. I knew they were all created because of the need on yahoo groups to get more space.
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Jim
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Baltimore Society of Model Engineers Estd. 1932
O & HO Scale model railroading
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Re: Do we really need sldfiles/sldfile2/SLDFiles3
Bruce,
I appreciate your analysis.
Mike Nickerson Living in Concord, California, USA.? That is in the San Francisco Bay Area, You may not be aware of this city of 120,000 people.? Because it is 21 miles due East from the much larger Oakland (pop 440,000), the label for Concord is overshadowed by that of the larger city.? And San Francisco is 30 miles West of us.
On Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 06:36:22 AM PST, Bruce Wilson via groups.io <wilsonbrucea@...> wrote:
Jim:
As owner let me answer that.? When these groups were ported over
from Yahoo that is how they were on yahoo due to yahoo file storage
restrictions.? All the porting to groups io was done automatically
once the requests were made to move the groups and whatever was in
the yahoo group got moved over to the corresponding groups io
group.? The photos group was set up to allow larger photos to be
posted to yahoo and not take up the limited storage space yahoo had
which was filling up at the time.
It has worked for now and I am not interested in trying to
consolidate everything into one group.? In older messages there are
some references to files or photos posted in the auxiliary groups
and discussions about them.
Bruce Wilson
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Life Member NMRA
Member Scale 7 Group Gauge 0 Guild 7mmNGA
Member Bird Studies Canada Ontario Bird Banding Association
Nature Barrie Simcoe County Banding Group
On 2/15/2025 23:31, Jim B via groups.io
wrote:
Ok, I know this an administrative question and probably
should just be directed at the moderators.
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I think the extra groups for Photos/Files are not needed, as
I see the groups.io allowing 1 Gigabyte of storage space for a
free group, and those three other groups have about 80 Megabytes
of space between files and photos, can't they all be combined
and moved to this group or the small-layout-design-photos group?
Even that one only has 301 megabytes of storage used.
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Seems very counter productive to have 5 groups to look
through for ideas.
?
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Re: Do we really need sldfiles/sldfile2/SLDFiles3
Jim:
As owner let me answer that.? When these groups were ported over
from Yahoo that is how they were on yahoo due to yahoo file storage
restrictions.? All the porting to groups io was done automatically
once the requests were made to move the groups and whatever was in
the yahoo group got moved over to the corresponding groups io
group.? The photos group was set up to allow larger photos to be
posted to yahoo and not take up the limited storage space yahoo had
which was filling up at the time.
It has worked for now and I am not interested in trying to
consolidate everything into one group.? In older messages there are
some references to files or photos posted in the auxiliary groups
and discussions about them.
Bruce Wilson
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Life Member NMRA
Member Scale 7 Group Gauge 0 Guild 7mmNGA
Member Bird Studies Canada Ontario Bird Banding Association
Nature Barrie Simcoe County Banding Group
On 2/15/2025 23:31, Jim B via groups.io
wrote:
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Ok, I know this an administrative question and probably
should just be directed at the moderators.
?
I think the extra groups for Photos/Files are not needed, as
I see the groups.io allowing 1 Gigabyte of storage space for a
free group, and those three other groups have about 80 Megabytes
of space between files and photos, can't they all be combined
and moved to this group or the small-layout-design-photos group?
Even that one only has 301 megabytes of storage used.
?
Seems very counter productive to have 5 groups to look
through for ideas.
?
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Do we really need sldfiles/sldfile2/SLDFiles3
Ok, I know this an administrative question and probably should just be directed at the moderators.
?
I think the extra groups for Photos/Files are not needed, as I see the groups.io allowing 1 Gigabyte of storage space for a free group, and those three other groups have about 80 Megabytes of space between files and photos, can't they all be combined and moved to this group or the small-layout-design-photos group? Even that one only has 301 megabytes of storage used.
?
Seems very counter productive to have 5 groups to look through for ideas.
?
--
- Jim B.
Baltimore Society of Model Engineers Estd. 1932
O & HO Scale model railroading
Join Us:
Check out?BSME on:?,?
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Saturday, February 1, 2025
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Monthly Reminder
When:
Saturday, February 1, 2025
View Event
Description:
Discussion of the design and construction of small model railroad layouts.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT SALES AND WANTS ADVERTS - EBAY IS THERE FOR THEM.
This group is intended for the average model railroader who does not have an entire basement or even an entire room to devote to a layout. Here we will discuss smaller layouts -- table-tops, shelf layouts, micro-layouts, modules and modular layouts -- and how they can be designed and built for enjoyment and modelling satisfaction.
The above is an example borrowed from Carl Arendt's excellent site
and also at
Due to restrictions in file space, 4 separate groups had been set up for the sharing of design files and photos.
/g/sldfiles
/g/sldfiles2
/g/sldfiles3
Due to space restrictions on groups.io photos from the Small Layout Design yahoo group are located at the following
/g/small-layout-design-photos
By the way, we do not tolerate trolls or flaming
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Wednesday, January 1, 2025
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Monthly Reminder
When:
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
View Event
Description:
Discussion of the design and construction of small model railroad layouts.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT SALES AND WANTS ADVERTS - EBAY IS THERE FOR THEM.
This group is intended for the average model railroader who does not have an entire basement or even an entire room to devote to a layout. Here we will discuss smaller layouts -- table-tops, shelf layouts, micro-layouts, modules and modular layouts -- and how they can be designed and built for enjoyment and modelling satisfaction.
The above is an example borrowed from Carl Arendt's excellent site
and also at
Due to restrictions in file space, 4 separate groups had been set up for the sharing of design files and photos.
/g/sldfiles
/g/sldfiles2
/g/sldfiles3
Due to space restrictions on groups.io photos from the Small Layout Design yahoo group are located at the following
/g/small-layout-design-photos
By the way, we do not tolerate trolls or flaming
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Be Part Of The Next Layout Tour (So. Calif.)
Be Part Of The Next Layout Tour (So. Calif.)
[Please do not hit “Reply”. Contact me directly.]
Model Railroads of Southern California’s next layout tour will be Saturday, February 15. The tour area will be Burbank and the surround cities. Railroads in any scale plus garden railroads are welcome to participate.
I would like you to consider participating in the tour.
Participating in a layout tour is a great way to share your work and meet your fellow model railroaders. You’ve probably worked hard on your railroad so you might as well get some recognition from people who will appreciate your efforts.
All you need to do is operate your trains. I will do all the planning and publicity, as I have done for sixty-four previously tours since 2006, including tours for the NMRA national convention (Anaheim), the National Narrow Gauge Convention (Pasadena), the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, the Santa Fe Historical & Modeling Society and several PCR and PSR regional conventions.
The tour is self-guided (No busses) and free.
If you have any questions before committing to the tour, please ask. In any event, please contact me directly in the next several weeks if you are interested so we can add your railroad to the tour. Once you have been added to the tour, I will contact you to establish the hours that work best for you.
Thank you.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
Model Railroads of Southern California
chiefbobbb@... ?[chiefbobbb At verizon DOT net]
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Sunday, December 1, 2024
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Monthly Reminder
When:
Sunday, December 1, 2024
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Description:
Discussion of the design and construction of small model railroad layouts.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT SALES AND WANTS ADVERTS - EBAY IS THERE FOR THEM.
This group is intended for the average model railroader who does not have an entire basement or even an entire room to devote to a layout. Here we will discuss smaller layouts -- table-tops, shelf layouts, micro-layouts, modules and modular layouts -- and how they can be designed and built for enjoyment and modelling satisfaction.
The above is an example borrowed from Carl Arendt's excellent site
and also at
Due to restrictions in file space, 4 separate groups had been set up for the sharing of design files and photos.
/g/sldfiles
/g/sldfiles2
/g/sldfiles3
Due to space restrictions on groups.io photos from the Small Layout Design yahoo group are located at the following
/g/small-layout-design-photos
By the way, we do not tolerate trolls or flaming
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Friday, November 1, 2024
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Monthly Reminder
When:
Friday, November 1, 2024
View Event
Description:
Discussion of the design and construction of small model railroad layouts.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT SALES AND WANTS ADVERTS - EBAY IS THERE FOR THEM.
This group is intended for the average model railroader who does not have an entire basement or even an entire room to devote to a layout. Here we will discuss smaller layouts -- table-tops, shelf layouts, micro-layouts, modules and modular layouts -- and how they can be designed and built for enjoyment and modelling satisfaction.
The above is an example borrowed from Carl Arendt's excellent site
and also at
Due to restrictions in file space, 4 separate groups had been set up for the sharing of design files and photos.
/g/sldfiles
/g/sldfiles2
/g/sldfiles3
Due to space restrictions on groups.io photos from the Small Layout Design yahoo group are located at the following
/g/small-layout-design-photos
By the way, we do not tolerate trolls or flaming
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Re: The Wandering Spruce Railroad
I’ve been following it online. Maybe I’m just noticing it now, but I see more layouts like that where there are two sides with a view block between them. This would also work in an urban setting, with underpasses and tall buildings.
M. Nix
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Charles Weston
Jim B
Michael Nickerson
Bob Chaparro