putting O-Scale tinplate and Standard Gauge tinplate on the same layout? Show me?

JohnnieWalker posted:

Have you considered installing an elevated line ?  That may look good using O gauge. Plus there are plenty of neat ideas on the support system. You might design a loop that you can use one of those bridges you like so much.

I tried setting a couple of my o-scale 36 curves at one end of the open table space, no good. An elevated line could be a good solution.

On my old layout I put an 072 O gauge loop on the outside and a Standard gauge loop on the inside of that -I think they were 052 curves. Fit well no problem. but  do you have that much space ??

Carey TeaRose posted:

Right now, as almost everything is pulled off the table... PLEASE pardon my dust! Could I maybe  fit  a 36" loop of O-scale track on there?? The layout table surface is 8' 10" long x 5' 5-3/4" wide. It ain't getting any larger, not in this little house.

What do y'all think?

 

Love the layout Carrie and love the terrace, that's something I hope to be able to add some day it's just a large footprint if I remember right I can relate to your space I'm setting up something that's approximately 12 foot 4 by 8 foot so my space is limited as well but I hope to get two or three levels into it.

Joe Gozzo

Carey TeaRose posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Right now, as almost everything is pulled off the table... PLEASE pardon my dust! Could I maybe  fit  a 36" loop of O-scale track on there?? The layout table surface is 8' 10" long x 5' 5-3/4" wide. It ain't getting any larger, not in this little house.

What do y'all think?

 

Carey

A loop of 031 would fit nicely inside. Marx 034 would give you a better radius that would still fit, but it is lower profile track. Any of these would decrease the amount of accessories you can fit in. Another option would be to convert one of your existing loops to 5 rail so you could run either.

Steve

Steve, even my O-scale Polar Express says it needs 36 curves. How can it run on O31??

Carey, I am assuming you have the boxed Polar Express set with the Berkshire loco. These are semi scale and I would bet it would run on a smaller diameter than 036. It probably came with Fastrak which is why the box would say it runs on 036, that's what they packed it with. The wide roadbed on the Fastrak would also make it more difficult to fit inside your existing loop. Maybe someone else knows if the Polar Express Berkshire will run on 031.

Steve

jim pastorius posted:

On my old layout I put an 072 O gauge loop on the outside and a Standard gauge loop on the inside of that -I think they were 052 curves. Fit well no problem. but  do you have that much space ??

Jim,

Your track arrangement may have fit but with Standard Gauge trains running behind O gauge trains you run contrary to a "forced perspective" layout where large trains run in front of smaller trains giving the layout a feeling of greater depth.

Bob Nelson

At the time the "fit" was more important than the perspective. I really didn't have scenery, just buildings, cars accessories and such. All gone now-just an 8x8" loop  on the carpet but still fun. A true forced perspective would be about 4-5 different gauge loops running.

I have a Loop of 072 on the Outside and 072 Standard on the inside. I also have a loop of 031 around the large scenic plot. 

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