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Couple of links
Couple of quick links on a busy Monday afternoon…. Some good thoughts on better track standards for ‘N’ gauge (without going 2mm FineScale) come from N Gauge Forum. NMRA standards are not far off from the wheels on recent UK … Continue reading
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Rosamund Street (Low Level) Sidings
Came across Rosamund Street on RMWeb. Only 5′ long in 4mm scale (plus sector plate and fiddleyard, but a very attractive design. It also contains the classic ‘Inglenook’ shunting puzzle. The builder describes the concept: As a trainspotter in the … Continue reading
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Wisbech & Upwell doodles
Been doodling around with track plans for the Wisbech & Upwell tramway, home to GER tram engines and latterly O4 shunters with side skirts over the motion. It all started with Iain Rice’s ‘Creating Cameo Layouts’ book, where I was … Continue reading
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Dawson Station
Another delightful minimum space layout….. Dawson Station is my portable 1′ x 4′ n-scale model railroad layout and is based on the Hull-Oakes lumber mill located in Dawson, Oregon. Hull-Oakes, one of the last steam-powered sawmills in North America, is … Continue reading
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The Patch
An interesting part of the Los Angeles railway system was ‘The Patch’, an industrial area near downtown Los Angeles, served by the Santa Fe. The area contains many old buildings and industries, served by a patchwork of tracks down streets … Continue reading
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A small shunting layout
Model Railroad Hobbyist has a very nice ‘shunting plank’ in its October edition. It’s in ‘O’ gauge, but the dimensions are a very reasonable 11’- 6” x 17’–19” with a 6’ removable extension for operation. Note that this converts to … Continue reading
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Another small layout idea – and a view from across the pond
Trevor Marshall’s “Achievable Layouts” regularly comes up with some interesting model railroad ideas. They are often small (and achievable), as Trevor models in ‘S’ gauge, so a medium size layout to him is a very buildable small layout in ‘N’. His … Continue reading
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