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That's GREAT Partsman! Build and enjoy. My dad started in 1937 telling me all my life to have a hobby, so when I retired I wouldn't have to sit in a rocker on the front porch and watch the world pass me by. We were into trains (Lionel & real ones) since 1934, and I have not collected, but have...

Bob and Shamus, I use AutoCad then I have an ink plotter for drawings full scale up to 24" x 36" which serves all my present needs. All photos of my cranes were burned in a fire years ago, but I will take some of the ones I'll build on this new layout. When I open the box with the old drawings...

Partsman, I am retired, full timer. If at all possible, get your full time in, the difference in your S/S income is noticeable! Check it out before signing those papers! I know of one fellow who was grossing $4K each week, and at 65 began getting $1,139 each month! Can you live on that the rest...

Thanks Shamus, my new layout will have logging up in the mountains. I have designed remote controlled cranes up there so I can load and unload logs when I'm tired of "watching a train go round and round". From the valley floor at the roundhouse, it is a 1% grade up to the main line,(min...

Hi Shamus, we just got back from visiting our son over the hollidays. The roundhouse is not finished yet. It took several years of daydreaming about what I wanted. I have fifty steam engines that I know of. (Some of my dad's may still be packed in boxes I haven't opened since he died in 1983, so...

Mike, I'm sure you could learn a lot from Shamus if you ask him. You should go over and look around his layout. You two have a lot in common about narrow gauge type layouts, and Shamus has some neet tricks he has worked into his scenery too. I have been at it many years, but more on the...

Yeah Shamus, I visited your Rail empire, and saw a write up about it also! Great job! I am not so sure I'll live long enough to do scenery too. I'm just hoping to see all the engines I have been saving, get a chance to run on my turntable. I'm getting so long in the tooth, my wife now calls me FANG!

Mike, I'm getting winded running all over to keep up with you! Have you made up your mind what size rolling stock you want? The weight has a lot to do with how you make the tablework. Are you going to make foam mountains? Are you going to use plaster, real rocks? How many pounds of wiring...

Hey Mike, I am presently running HO,(since 1937), and have run 1=1 scale and all the way down to N gauge. The full size was the very best. You would need to enlarge your garage a mile or so, for that one! It all depends on what YOU want your rail empire to be, not us. If you want modern yard...

Mike, I have had several layouts in different garages, and have one operating in what would be a garage if I didn't have the layout in it now. When it rains, I keep the doors closed. In fact, the only time I keep the big door open, is when I am moving a layout in or out, or an old player piano...

spelling checked OK. Photo was 712KB so is big like the one above. I went into Photo Delux Adobe, and re-sized both photos down to 94KB & 91KB while they were .pdd files, then saved them as .jpg files. Neither will come up here, but work great on E-Mails. They also work great on the...

Mike, I just discovered something I didn't know, and will pass it along before answering your question. I have been trying to post a photo of my turntable, and it just gets a little square with a red X in it. Everytime I tried to edit py post, it typed out a notice that I had edited my post, at...

Here is a shot of the turntable under construction. Also note the casters on all table legs. More "How To" about the construction in later posts. (Photo doesn't want to come up on post. The first one did OK, but it was too large, so I tried rotating this one, and try to get the size down a...

Hey Mike, Welcome to the Board! The answers are: YES YES YES AND YES! Beyond that, its your railroad, your the boss afterall, do what you want! Ha. The narrow gauges do have a number of different rolling stock pieces and track available. You 'can' build one in a garage, but just remember, dust...

I'm new here, but where is everybody? Are you going to have a "How To" forum with illustrations and or photos? For instance, I am in process of building an HO railroad with a 33 stall roundhouse, 134 foot turntable kit from Diamond Scale, a main line, short line, and logging line. Here is a...