Laying out the tracks on my Sawmill - Vineyard module

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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Basics on laying tracks…

Especially in a small scale like “N” or “TT” laying tracks the right way it probably one of the most important step on building a model railroad layout. A smooth and secure running layout should be first priority while laying the tracks as it is usually hard to adjust once the track is fixed in place.

Here is a summary on what I did on my TT-Scale “Sawmill and Vineyard” module!
You will find more picture on my Facebook page:

TT Scale Model Railroad

Before starting to pin your tracks down, you should think about the following:

  1. Track materials: The Tillig professional track is preferred; even you still get the old BTTB tracks cheap at Ebay. If you want to have something more filigree then I would recommend TTFiligran.
  2. Track plan: Less is often more and a nicely arched layout with larger radius and switches is not only prettier but also more secure to operate.
  3. Inclining tracks: On almost all layouts… Betwe
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Knuddelfisch,

Although I’m not a big fan of European railroads, I must say that your track work and ballasting are excellent in my opinion, Good job…

Cheers,

Frank

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Thank you very much Frank!

It is quite an effort the first time and I wondered why I should do that for my complete layout… But once the first strip is done and you see how nice it looks then you know that it was worth the effort.

And I got an interesting question for you…

If I would swop the German rolling stock with US at the same spot, would you still see it as a “European” landscape and tracks? What would be the major differences to US railroads in your opinion?

Thanks,

Knuddel.

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Kunddel,

I believe that if you did want to change the engines and cars to US,possibly steam from the 40s and 50s,it would look like a US country railroad. The track work like I said before is excellent,maybe change the switch stands to more of the US style. I don’t know about any buildings you have so I can’t comment on that. Aside from that, I think it would look great… Go for it if you want, you could always change it again,if you so desired. I would be interested to see it if you did… Time is precious to all of us and you spent yours wisely…

Cheers,

Frank

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Great idea!

Let me start with running US freight train down that line and shoot some pictures.

I will get back to you soon!

Knuddel.