I am ruuning N scaLE . HELP
There are quite a few people around here that are able and willing to play ball with you to help you firm up what you want, but as far as I know, none of them are thought readers - so you need to spend a little time to describe what you have, what you want and what you are having trouble with.
May I suggest a deep breath, stepping away from the computer for a moment, and writing down a list of things of your givens and wishes.
You can e.g. print out and use this list from layout designer Byron Henderson to see what kind of things it may be smart to think through on your own before trying to get someone else to help you with creating a layout plan:
http://www.layoutvision.com/id13.html
Good luck!
Smile,
Stein
Is this meant to be a joke? It’s like saying, “I have a few seconds, tell me everything I need to know about life.”
All I can say is that there ARE certain instances where caulk SHOULD NOT be used. but that’s for a different time on a much different forum…
Oops! wrong thread! LOL
Looks like the OP typed his opening paragraph on the title line. Happens to me when I’m really excited and not paying attention, like my first response above! LOL
Darrell, quiet…for now
Build a helix! They look so cool!
Trainman Joe, firstly I want to welcome you to the forum; certainly glad to have you aboard and most certainly we–that’s all the members here on the forum–hope that we can be of assistance in giving meaningful answers to your questions.
No one is putting you off on this subject but keep in mind that the first element of getting somewhere is firstly knowing just where it is that you are wanting to go; remember that old good news–bad news bromide? “The bad news is that we’re lost; the good news is that we are making good time!” Remember, the title of this hobby is model railroading–before you can model you must, first of all, come to a resolution of just what aspect of prototype railroading you are interested in duplicating. This can involve era–pre-1900; the twenties; WWII wartime railroading; the transition-era, essentially the late-1940s to the mid-to late-1950s; second generation diesel era–that era that followed the transition era; the “now” era–or it can involve concept of operation–heavy yard operation; considerable on line switching; fast moving mainline freights; heavy mineral/coal traffic–or it can involve equipement issues–it is your railroad and you can run what you wish but it is somewhat anachronistic for a Big Boy to stage a meet with SD70Aces or for tier 2 compliant GE’s to be lugging around 1930s and 1940s-era ice reefers. In a general sense your equipment purchases should complement–and be complemented by–your concept of operation.
Any track plan–double track main; single track main with short passing sidings–which will limit your train length unless you want to stage what are called saw-bys; single track main with long passing sidings; folded dogbone; oval; etc; etc; and so forth–is going to be determined by your interest in what aspect of prototype railroading you desire to duplicate.
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Is this two layouts? or is it one then add on the other? With N and 12x12 you can get allot started! You want industry, switching, mountains, bridges???