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I'm starting to build a small N gauge layout. Don't ask me why. I guess I need to stay busy.  I'm laying it out on the floor first. Then I will build a table for it. It will be about 2' X  6'. It will be all Kato. DSCN2043DSCN2044 Reason I picked Kato was because they make a GG1 & a double crossover. The hardest thing so for is getting up from the floor. I turned just turned 89.

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Eddie, I saw your post and am thinking of doing a small N switching layout in the future. I have a medium 3 rail. Thanks for starting this thread. I hope you can post updates on your progress. I would like to follow your progress. Kato track looks great. Is it very expensive?  I have seen some N scale at shows that have DCC and sound, both done amazingly well. Are you planning DCC and or sound?

-Tom

When I re-entered the hobby, I went with N initially:  when you're in the service and subject to multiple moves and usually less living space than you hope for, you make adjustments accordingly   I still have the trains and recently bought some Kato track to show my wife and niece just how neat those little trains are.  Needless to say, "You should build a proper layout for them" was mentioned a few times so.... guess what I'm doing this summer?  Keep us posted on your progress Eddie!

I re-entered the hobby in the 1970s with N scale and was very active in that scale for several years. Had a door-size layout in my 32nd floor apartment in downtown Honolulu at the time. I also was a member of NTRAK, the modular group that puts together some truly fine layouts at NMRA conventions and such. Got back into O several years (or more) later via reading Ron Hollander's book: All Aboard: The Story of Joshua Lionel Cowen and His Lionel Train Company. Have been with O and several other scales since then, but no longer involved with N scale. I like ALL scales, and have been involved with most from Z through G.

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eddie g posted:

I'm starting to build a small N gauge layout. Don't ask me why. I guess I need to stay busy.  I'm laying it out on the floor first. Then I will build a table for it. It will be about 2' X  6'. It will be all Kato. DSCN2043DSCN2044 Reason I picked Kato was because they make a GG1 & a double crossover. The hardest thing so for is getting up from the floor. I turned just turned 89.

Eddie:

You must have good eyes for your age to be working with N-scale.

Bill

WftTrains posted:
 

Eddie:

You must have good eyes for your age to be working with N-scale.

Bill

Eddie is one of my heroes: He's a scrapper and a survivor with a "never say die" attitude.

That he has the ability at 89 years of age to take up modeling in N scale... ON THE FLOOR no less, inspires me and gives me hope that I will be able to enjoy this great hobby for many years to come.

Go get 'em Eddie!

Andre

When I set up at the local show I help run I always make sure I have Kato N scale track to sell. I just picked up an unused 20-650 double crossing gate set (American painted version with white and red striped gates) and found the 20-651 2 track adapter (that's on the way). Great quality and very fairly priced for what you get - if I were building an N scale layout I'd definitely use Kato track...

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