Mike Wyatt posted:That plan is a lot of trackage!!!
I think anyone building a new O Scale/ O Gauge layout needs to choose:
1. Model railroad?? So you have to realize what you are creating is a "caricature" of real railroading. So you need to have abundant scenery to even simulate "real" train environments. In 1:48 and in 16' X 10' you are not going to simulate a full scale railroad in actual scale. So you do the best you can, using visual tricks to hide the reality that you are stuck with. Just build it and enjoy it, but IF you want to do the whole hobby including scenery and buildings, then you can't have a lot of trackage.
OR
2. Toy Train layout?? In this case you are recreating a "train set", like you might have loved as a kid. So a lot of trackage with out of scale accessories, is fine. But that's fun too- and you should do it if you like it.
I just think to try to do BOTH is fruitless- I don't see that much trackage looking like a real railroad.
Hi Mike,
I agree with you that the size of this layout is most definitely not enough to simulate the real railroad in this scale. My main goals with this are just to have fun running three trains at once with a little bit of yard storage on the side. The spurs in the middle will most likely be gotten rid of and the entire center of the layout will be left for scenery or one industry of sorts. I think in the end this will wind up being some sort of combination of the two categories that you described.
Thanks for the insight and the reply!
- Victor
