Reply to "Thoughts on an O Scale Switching Layout"

Pete MOGR Forum Member

Sounds great Kyle! You can have a lot of fun operating a switching layout on your own or with a few buddies once that's allowed again.

I built my modern-era switching layout in ~5ft sections and it's been in 4 basements so far, configured as space permitted. I have a few larger industries with multiple car spots but if you prefer an earlier era, maybe a few more smaller industries could work fine too.

Here's my track plan today:

I am very lucky to have a 39ft x 25ft basement space. But any of my switching areas could be a stand-alone layout in a space such as yours I think, with a bit of adjustment. Maybe a detachable narrow shelf on one end of one of these industrial areas could allow some extra switching headroom or an interchange with the "rest of the world".

Here's a playlist with a few clips of switching ops back when I could have people over:

https://www.youtube.com/playli...pWGXAKZmSQ1c-zvvdOnz

Pete

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