[PRCo] Re: Gas Prices-- trolley modeling

[Schneider Fred]

You can pack a lot of N gauge in a small space but you sure cannot  
send much sushi down the bar on one of those train.


On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Bill Robb wrote:

> Jerry,
> I have an N gauge layout.  It's N gauge because I use Japanese  
> trains which are 1/150 for the ordinary trains which are mostly  
> 3ft6in gauge and 1/160 for Shinkansen trains.
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> My layout is on two 2 1/2' x 5' tables arranged in an L shape, so  
> the layout is 7 /12' x 5'.  Its basically a double track interurban  
> main line going around the tables with a four track station, a  
> short tunnel and a stub terminal.  It all provides lots of space  
> for parking trains and lots room for running.
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> I started out with a streetcar layout using Tomix track covers, but  
> this is now more or less completely a train i.e. interurban  
> layout.  My maximum train is five cars.  I have longer trains but  
> if I put the whole train on the layout the cab would be chasing the  
> tail end.
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> Everything is two rail. The poles are plastic.  The track is Tomix,  
> which is a Japanese roadbed track.  Kato Unitrack is a copy of  
> Tomix Finetrack. I buy directly on the internet from Japan.  (Right  
> now is the New Years break in Japan and all vendors, along with the  
> post office are closed until January 5-7)
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> Japanese trains are a pretty good bang for the buck.  I have added  
> a 4 car Kato EMU train for as little as $78 US. My streetcars are  
> made by Modemo, which is always releasing new interubans, Setagaya  
> LRVs and streetcars periodically.
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> There are three photos of the current layout which emphasizes EMUs  
> with a streetcar line in the middle and two older photos of a  
> previous version of the layout with a lenghty elevated viaduct and  
> more streetcar lines. That layout had less operational flexibility  
> than the present layout.  I hope to move my streetcars to a 18" x  
> 24" mini layout sometime next year which will run with a Tomytec  
> battery powered streetcar controller.
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> Bill
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> Derrick
> Religion and Politics - I guess year end thinking, but yes lets  
> talk "Trolleys".    I am wondering how many
> in our group have a "Layout"    A Street Car Layout?    A Train  
> layout? or a combination of both as I do,
> Those in O gauge/scale, the new Lionel/K-Line superstreets make a  
> great operating layout, using the
> MTH PCCS or Brill trolleys, or converting your Corgi street cars to  
> "live" three rail operation is pretty cool!
> --
> From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick "PHD"
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> AGING: Eventually you will reach a point when you
> stop lying about your age and start Bragging
> about it.
>   -------------- Original message from Derrick J Brashear  
> <shadow at dementia.org>: --------------
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>> How'd we end up mired in religion and politics, exactly?
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>> Just curious.
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