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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 in my builders diary at Railroad Builders .org at

The diary starts at the bottom of the page, with the latest updates
at the top. Let me know what you think. Thank you and I look forward
to some great postings with you guys!
Dandy

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 something like that. Very nice!
Ken

David Lyman wrote:

Hello --

Welcome to the list and thanks for the railroadbuilders.org link --
looks like that could develop into an interesting site.

Keep us posted on your traction layout -- I'm looking forward to see
how you scenic and finish the layout.

Traction is not something that I had thought of before for a small
layout, but it seems like a natural choice for a very small layout:

* You can get continuous running (for display, for testing,
for the pure fun of seeing things run) in a very small space.

* Depending on how the layout was sceniced, you could also get
some interesting viewing points and photo locations on the
layout. The crossing in the middle of the figure-8 would
be a natural for a street intersection, or perhaps even a
scene showing the street railway crossing a steam or
interurban railway.

* You can cram in a lot of equipment and operation believably.
While difficult to do on a small layout, I would think that
a traction layout -- particularly a street railway layout --
would let you operate a lot of equipment in a small space.
Many individual cars running running close together in a
busy scene would not seem out of place.

Good luck with your layout and keep the updates coming.

Thanks --

Jon Piasecki
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--- In small-layout-design@y..., "David Lyman" <dan_d_sparks@y...>
wrote:

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 in my builders diary at Railroad Builders .org

at

Thank you Ken and Jonathan for the kind words. The era of the layout
is the turn of the century (1900). The right side of the layout is
going to feature a town that used to be sort of a "wild west" town
that , with the arrival of the trolley, is making the transition to a
more respectable agricultural community. Sporting paved sidewalks and
electric street lamps! Trolleys here will be running in the streets.
Most of the buildings will be two stories tall with wood
construction. But a couple of "modern" buildings will be three
stories tall with masonry construction, a trolley terminal building
being one of them. The right side of the layout is going to be rugged
mountainous region that is typical of so. California. Trolleys will
travel though a pass here sort of P.E. Cahuanga pass style. The upper
viaduct level is a trestle that actually straddles one of the lower
tracks. Near its end will be the trolley terminal building, which
will serve tracks on the upper and lower level (again, P.E. terminal
building style, except it had a subway too!).
You nailed it on the head Jonathan when you said that the figure 8
could be an intersection (very observant of you)! The single track is
embedded in a road, crossing a private two-track right of way. An
interlocker tower guards this intersection and the turnouts at the
front of the layout. Behind the intersection is the suggestion of an
orange grove (two or three trees is all that can fit) that will help
hide the fact that the trestle is straddling another track.
Nothing looks more toy like than a small figure 8 layout. So I have
tried to pull out all the stops when it comes to hiding this fact.
Such as putting the curved tracks in straight streets, the
intersection scene, hidden tracks, a tunnel, elevation (low in front,
high in back) dividing the big scene into smaller scenes, forced
perspective, mirrors, etc.
My diary is actually catching up to construction, so I'm trying to
update my diary every two weeks. I'll keep you posted! Thanks again!
Dandy