Suggestions?Īs a club with a high number of beginners, I instigated a 6x4 layout on 2 3x4 Foam Blocks which part of the history is documented on the following site with a variety of different coal cars, hoppers, tank cars, and boxcars.īelow is a link to track plan I drew up in Anyrail. Also it will be for Freight trains(Union Pacific Modern Steam engine(1940s era) and Rio Grande DGRW Diesel Locomotive). The layout will also be for both passenger trains(New York Central Steam engine, with 2 85' passenger cars, and Thomas trains). I want everything of my Grandfather's to be put to good use by his Grandchildren. My reasoning for doing a double layout is I want to use all the track I have. Does anyone have any track plan suggestions? I also would like some advice on how to make it look as natural as possible even though it won't be that Natural because it will be very tight. I was thinking of doing a double loop(18' inside, and 22' outer loop) even though I don't know how realistic it will be, I would like to be able to run 2 trains. I currently have a MRC Tech 6 2.0 DC controller, but in the future I plan to get the DCC walk around add on so I can run 2 trains at once. I know that the E-Z Track turnouts have some reliability issues, and I will try to fix them(Any thoughts on that). I Have 4 left Turnouts, 2 Right Turnouts, 16 22' radius turns, 18 18' radius turns, and 11 9' straights, 2 curved 18' rerailers, and one 9' straight feeder and rerailer. I am using my Grandfather's Bachmann HO scale E-Z track, and his trains combined with my own. It will go under a bed for a kid, and so I was thinking of Modifying the plans of the Family Train Layout baseboard, and expanding it to 4 X 6 Feet(Any thoughts?, is it possible, will it be very bendy?).

I recently inherited a Model train set from my grandfather who recently passed away, and was looking for some help in setting up his trains again.

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