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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.

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.EdgewoodRR_Cityscape.layout

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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. 

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!

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