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Category Archives: Trackplanning
Farmington on the Floor
I’m not one that pursues a precise trackplan. Instead I pursue a benchwork/deck footprint and then try to confirm that most of what I want will fit. The final track locations get laid out on the finished benchwork/foam. The week … Continue reading
Posted in Current Layout, Farmington, Trackplanning
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Wiscassettesq – A dynamic Sn2 Free-mo design
This week there has been a renewed interest in Sn2 Free-mo on the Sn2_Trains groups.io list. So I thought it would be timely to share an Sn2 Free-mo design I did back in 2014. Back Story The Sn2 Crew displayed … Continue reading
Posted in Free-mo, Layout Design, Trackplanning
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Harry’s Farmington – 2,3,4…
As soon as I made the post “Farmington Faithful for Harry” he sent the following email and images to the Sn2_Trains yahoogroup: Dave, The 13.5 feet is the lenght of the wall at the back of the section of benchwork. … Continue reading
Posted in Farmington, Layout Design, Trackplanning
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Farmington Faithful for Harry
Harry Downey just yesterday posted a Farmington design challenge to the Sn2_Trains yahoogroup. Here is what he wrote: I’ve finally gotten the time to get back to some serious work on the layout. I left off at the track work … Continue reading
Posted in Farmington, Free-mo, Layout Design, Trackplanning
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Concept for a trackplan – Too many cakes? or not enough?
Some model railroaders have a passion for just one railroad and can just focus on it and go go go. I on the other hand like just about all models of trains and many prototype railroads and I’m just not … Continue reading
Posted in Layout Design, Trackplanning
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To CAD or not to CAD? That is the question when starting a track plan
This week on the yahoogroup Maine-Two-Foot-Modelers-Forum Lee Rainey wrote: “I strongly recommend a CAD program as a layout design tool.” The statement made me ask, “Do I strongly recommend CAD for layout design?” First of all, I use a XTrkCAD … Continue reading
Posted in Trackplanning, XTrkCAD
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Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 7: Staging & Continuous run)
RELATED POSTS Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 1: Overview) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 2: Prototype and Modeling Information) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 3: Concepts) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 4: Testing Bigelow) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 5: … Continue reading
Posted in Layout Design, Trackplanning
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Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 6: Kingfield too)
RELATED POSTS Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 1: Overview) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 2: Prototype and Modeling Information) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 3: Concepts) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 4: Testing Bigelow) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 5: … Continue reading
Posted in Kingfield, Layout Design, Trackplanning, Uncategorized
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Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 4: Testing Bigelow)
RELATED POSTS Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 1: Overview) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 2: Prototype and Modeling Information) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 3: Concepts) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 4: Testing Bigelow) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 5: … Continue reading
Posted in Bigelow, Trackplanning
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Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 3: Concepts)
RELATED POSTS Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 1: Overview) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 2: Prototype and Modeling Information) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 3: Concepts) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 4: Testing Bigelow) Prototype Trackplan: Sn2 K&DR (Part 5: … Continue reading
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