Hello!
I've posted a few times with questions, but wanted to introduce myself. My name is Greg. I've been collecting O scale since my dad gave me my first set when i was 6. I'm 33 now. My uncle is a trainiac and has kept the hobby alive over family holidays and has gifted me a lot of my early sets.
Recently we bought a new house with an unfinished basement. SO that means I have my first permanent layout!
Here are some pictures:
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Welcome Greg, and thanks for sharing your pictures. Your layout looks like a great deal of fun for you and family. Please keep posting and asking questions - I am amazed how much I've picked up from the experts on this forum, and how much their information has added to my enjoyment of this hobby.
Welcome to the forum Greg. Your layout looks great. I am working on my first layout and I am using Lionel Fastrack as well. I love it.
Nice layout, and welcome!
Greg, Welcome! Your layout looks great! Congratulations on getting to build your first permanent layout!!
Wow! You are off to a great start! Lots of fun ahead for you and your family! Welcome to the Forum.
Very nice layout.
Welcome Greg! Really like the layout! I've found everyone here is very helpful 
Thanks all! Seems like a great family here!
Well done!
Peter
Fun layout! (Beautiful little girl!)
Welcome Greg! Your layout looks like fun times! Wishing you and your family many wonderful years of fun with trains! 
Hey... I know you! Nice layout cuz!
Greg, Welcome to the forum. You should certainly enjoy yourself here. A great deal of institutionalized knowledge is readily available here. Also, I like your track plan and was wondering what are the dimensions of your platform? 4x8, 5x9 or larger?
Not everyone has space or funds for a major size layout. Small layouts can be a lot of fun.
Very nice, enjoy running it!!
Tfabrizio posted:Hey... I know you! Nice layout cuz
The family is here!
OKHIKER posted:Greg, Welcome to the forum. You should certainly enjoy yourself here. A great deal of institutionalized knowledge is readily available here. Also, I like your track plan and was wondering what are the dimensions of your platform? 4x8, 5x9 or larger?
My layout is 6x10. Essentially two 4x8s. One is cut in half lengthwise into 24 inch widths to increase length and width. They are colored in the attached photo.
Welcome to the forum Greg. As others have said, great group here always happy to share their experience and wisdom. Don't be afraid to ask questions.
Great layout too. I have a 4X8 that is my first permanent layout in many years. Big layouts are impressive but just as much satisfaction comes from smaller pikes. Enjoy it for many years to come.
Bob
There have been a couple of references under this posting referencing the fact that a 6x10 layout would seem to be a small layout. It really is amazing how things have changed over the last 60 to 70 years. Back in the 1950s if anyone had a 6x10 layout they were living large and I mean large. If anyone even had a 4x8 layout it was considered upper class living because most of us had carpet layouts. Actually all that is totally irrelevant because Greg has a great track plan and layout and is bound to have loads of fun with it.
Nice work Greg - that is what a small layout is all about!
Dick Malon posted:Not everyone has space or funds for a major size layout. Small layouts can be a lot of fun.
Good thing, too. For those living in many parts of the country where houses don't have basements, it's a different world from those with huge unoccupied basements available. If you're fortunate, you may get an unoccupied spare bedroom to use which may afford you the opportunity for maybe something like Greg's 6x10 layout. That's the space reality for many folks.
breezinup posted:Dick Malon posted:Not everyone has space or funds for a major size layout. Small layouts can be a lot of fun.
Good thing, too. For those living in many parts of the country where houses don't have basements, it's a different world from those with huge unoccupied basements available. If you're fortunate, you may get an unoccupied spare bedroom to use which may afford you the opportunity for maybe something like Greg's 6x10 layout. That's the space reality for many folks.
That’s so true! Growing up, I was limited to running my trains on the dining room table for a month after Christmas. Then my mom made me put them all away until next year!
Welcome to OGR Greg. You won't meet a bunch of nicer folks.
Greg, Welcome, indeed! The great luminaries of this hobby are all here and generous with advice. There is no limit for your creativity.
Greg,
As you have, no doubt, observed, the members of this forum are very knowledgeable and willing to share that knowledge with others . You have built a great layout there. Thanks for sharing.
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