Borracho Springs Railway
Just because I like the idea of the indoor G scale layout.
I’d go with Pigeon Point, for a lot of the same reasons Stein gave.
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Thus far, 17 posters have voted, and the trend seems pretty clear: the majority of votes so far (12 out of 17) has been cast in favor of the layout named “Pigeon Point Branch”. “Borracho Springs Railway” is currently no 2, with 4 out of 17 votes.
Guess it is time for posters who prefer one of the other layouts to Pigeon Point to step up to the plate and vote.
No matter which of the five layouts you vote for, I am also fairly sure that all designers will welcome further constructive comments and suggestions on the layouts.
Voting remains open until Chip is back from his vacation, in about two week’s time.
I’m also headed away from the net for a week or so - heading from my in-law’s house in the Twin Cities for a week on the lakes of northern Minnesota, so I won’t be pestering people continuously to “vote early and vote often” this time around [:D].
I will check the group again in about a week and post a summary of the status then.
Grin,
Stein
Aaah…WOW, this IS hard…uuuhhmmm…the uh…[oX)], no…ah that one… decisions, decisions…
The Chesapeake and Atlanta, my favorite. Although the runoff at the top of second level, A, seems not right. I’m assuming (insert Benny Hill line here)that it leads to some kind of off-staging or hidden lead for a run-around. If not, then that siding needs to be shortend to allow run-around.
I liked them all for different reasons of course
I think Chip has this one right when he says
“Each has it’s merits and picking just might be a matter of what fits your style best.”
In this order:
Borracho Springs Railway
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad
West Virginian Southern
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Thanks Chip and Stien for all your work.
My three choices are:
(1) Cheapeake and Atlantic
(2) Sunset Route
(3) Pigeon Point Br.
Enough said above.
Johnboy out…
I had that same issue until I realized the second level is actually over the bottom part of the layout and flipped, not over the top next to where it is shown. It made a lot more sense then.
Mine would have to be pigeon point because of how it just looks fun to operate on!
Pigeon Point Branch.
It has a big yard, an engine terminal, plenty of industries, and continous run.
Pigeon Point. See accolades above – inspires me to make changes to the layout I am about to build. Thanks for the ideas.
Bill Winkes
I like Pigeon Point, having as always preference for layouts based on the prototype. But I also quite like Boracho Springs - an altogether different concept, very “model railroady”. I do say that as a compliment, as I think an indoor G gauge layout like this would be very interesting.
So my votes are 1 and 2 respectively for these two layouts, to be honest none of the others really appealed to me.
Cheers,
Mark.
Looks like we’re well underway.
Stay tuned [{(-_-)}]
Keep voting guys!
Lots of members who can still vote who havent.
Borracho Springs Railway!
Dan
This being my first vote, I like the Pgeon also. It works, the trns aren’t nearly so tight, and there’s a good balance of things.
Pidgeon Point
Everything I could say has been well said above.
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Hiya Dan,
Long time no see around here or over there on the Trains forum, glad to read you again.
I’ve been toying with the idea of indoor large scale too. This is a little to tight for the stuff I want to run (Bachmann K27 and their 1:20.3 cars) but my eventual space is 16x34, so that would allow for a scaled up version of this with some longer sidings, gentler curves, etc.
It’s been a busy year or so. Work ups, deployment, a transfer and a move. Slowly trying to get back into the swing of it.
Dan