Probrobly going to move soon so I am going to have to scrap my layout, and I was wondering about doing a strange prototype, a(n) interchange between Candian National and CSX, was wondering if any of you know of a prototype for this kind of layout, and if anyone has done this, what is a good track plan for a shelf layout of this type. The size has not been set yet, and I would like to “Proto-Lance” this layout. It would be a HO layout, with DCC. Any ideas?
Your layout doesn’t have to exactly be a prototype. Here you specifically model after the prototype exactly.
PROTOLANCE is a combo of “PROTOtype” and “freeLANCE”. Here you kinda run as to some possibilities that MAY or MAY NOT have existed on a prototype with your freelance ideas.
FREELANCE is just your imagination or created Model RR.
For example, I protolance B&O and all after incarnates {C&O, CHessie, CSX}. I change out equipment and some buildings to represent certain eras to fit the layout. I say protolance as I also allow for the B&O to give trackage rights to the beefy Pennsylvainan locos with the big square-topped Belpaire Fireboxes. I LIEK the Pennsys, and actually finally DID find out the B&O DId, indeed give, Pennsy trackage rights in some spots!!! SO I can STILL be as real as the Prototype.
YOUR IDEA is not far off the mark! read on:
"One of the largest Canadian railroads, Canadian National Railway Company (CNI - Analyst Report) has announced a service interchange agreement with CSX Transportation, subsidiary of the largest Eastern U.S. railroad, CSX Corporation (CSX - Analyst Report).
The collaboration would allow Canadian Nat
Hi Sam,
So you’re on the move, you are scraping your layout. Fair enough, but if there’s room in your move to take a few bits, save what you can.
I’d to scrap a 15 x 12 footer, but in the time I had I managed to take up some points(Switches) and motors and rescue a couple nice buildings. The new layout was built to be protable 4ft x 2ft ( to fit the car) that was getting on for 30yrs ago, now they’ve got to 5 x 2.5 (bigger motor) but can still be dropped in a weekend.
Shelf layout’s a good starter, done a couple. One is on wall brackets with the odd bolt holding it to the wall, the others are on locking A frames. Which make em easy to move, go for it and good luck.
Be in touch.
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I’ll probrobly try to save my switches ( pecos are expensive!) and some biuldings.