We're guesstimating the CL&W Ry. to now total 500+ feet including all sidings yards etc. Somehow I've burned through 5+ cases of Gargraves to get there ...
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The loop on my HUGE layout is a long 710 scale feet. A little more than an 1/8 of a scale mile.
Kerrigan posted:We're guesstimating the CL&W Ry. to now total 500+ feet including all sidings yards etc. Somehow I've burned through 5+ cases of Gargraves to get there ...
If you've gone through 5+ cases, you are over 750' (@153' / case).
My layout is over 3000' and as much as 3500'. I have 10 empty case boxes, working on an eleventh, then about 10 cases from a previous layout. There are also lots of odd pieces of flex and rigid curves and straights picked up along the way.
I'm almost done with track!!!
It's pitiful! Two loops. One longish siding and one tiny siding. Total? About 120 feet! 
My track layout size is close to 200' not quite but close to it.
I made a scale drawing (blueprint) to work out my track plan. From that I could easily measure the track total.
1940'
150 feet but mainline 110 feet....a scale mile......helps me to compute train speed. Once around the layout in 1 minute equals 60 smph and so on.
according to my calculations a little over 150 feet of fun. It felt like more when I was building it though, can't imagine some of those 500'+ layouts.
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Interesting question. Since I have a single track return loop to return loop layout along the wall I am going to guess the one way run to be about 60 feet or so making a full lap about 120 feet.
My double mains are 275 feet (2.5 miles) each. Total track, therefore, is 275x2 = 550 plus about 450 feet for other loops, yards, sidings, and spurs. This brings the total to about 900 feet.
Alex
p51 posted:28 feet exactly of mainline for me. Still, not bad for a 10X11' room...
I really enjoyed seeing this as obviously it involves someone actually controlling the train. The majority of what you see is a train running the same circle with limited intervention/interaction. The "run-around" is great for switching. How about a video of it in action?
281 feet - 3 levels
John C. posted:p51 posted:28 feet exactly of mainline for me. Still, not bad for a 10X11' room...
I really enjoyed seeing this as obviously it involves someone actually controlling the train. The majority of what you see is a train running the same circle with limited intervention/interaction. The "run-around" is great for switching. How about a video of it in action?
Thanks, I've had a few op sessions and each new person says they're surprised such a small layout can keep 2 people busy for over 90 minutes jus tot cycle one train off the interchange (the furthest track to the right in the diagram, goes 'offstage' behind a small hill).
As for video, maybe these might show you something:
Someday, I want to get my hands on a GoPro and mount it on a flatcar for a trip all the way around...
about 380 ft of mainline and about 1000 ft of track including the yard, industries and paasing sidings. It is single track main.
Timothy Sprague posted:according to my calculations a little over 150 feet of fun. It felt like more when I was building it though, can't imagine some of those 500'+ layouts.
Great looking layout.
prrjim posted:about 380 ft of mainline and about 1000 ft of track including the yard, industries and paasing sidings. It is single track main.
Wow!
Not a whole lot. Low maintenance that way, a desirable feature. Too lazy to try and calculate but can run two trains. Layout size is 4x10.
Pete
Big_Boy_4005 posted:Kerrigan posted:We're guesstimating the CL&W Ry. to now total 500+ feet including all sidings yards etc. Somehow I've burned through 5+ cases of Gargraves to get there ...
If you've gone through 5+ cases, you are over 750' (@153' / case).
My layout is over 3000' and as much as 3500'. I have 10 empty case boxes, working on an eleventh, then about 10 cases from a previous layout. There are also lots of odd pieces of flex and rigid curves and straights picked up along the way.
I'm almost done with track!!!
I hear you on the end is in sight. We can now see how much we have left to do on "The Plan" and it's now end-in-sight! We don't drink but when the last spike is driven a bottle of good wine will be scarficed with a huge glow of satisfaction ... without running anything ... :-)
Thanks for the videos Lee. That's some real fine scenery! It's not the length of trackage, but the enjoyment you get from the layout. If an 8x10 makes you happy, that's all you need. My layout is about 350'. It's a point to point with stub ends in the staging area, and a turntable at the other end.
Andy
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Kerrigan posted:I hear you on the end is in sight. We can now see how much we have left to do on "The Plan" and it's now end-in-sight! We don't drink but when the last spike is driven a bottle of good wine will be scarficed with a huge glow of satisfaction ... without running anything ... :-)
I'm not much of a drinker myself, but I did manage something fizzy with alcohol when I completed the final section of mainline.
The spike!
The celebration!
I've still got some odds and ends to clean up, but the mainlines are 100%.
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If I had any major regret on the build of my layout, it is not realizing where the final piece of track got put in, as I for sure would have place a gold spike at that spot. I think it's at the approach to a turntable, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
Steamfan77 posted:Thanks for the videos Lee. That's some real fine scenery!
Thanks, even though in one video (the ones called the "early tour), the layout was in what I call it's "Green desert" phase where it was just ground cover and not much else.
I need to shoot a more comprehensive video now that the static grass and cow pasture are in place, especially once the Army siding gets more like I want it, once the Quonset hut gets done and in place...
Sure, it's a small layout, but it made the On30 Annual and has gotten a lot of favorable comments from just about everyone who's seen it. And the size allowed me to get it done for the most part (there'll always be some tweaking here and there) in just over 2 years. One modeler, seeing it for the first time and hearing how far the progress went in that timeframe (and I had a full time job on top of that, along with other hobbies I'm into), said it best, "You made more progress in two years than most do in twenty!"
As many/most know, my layout is point to point with a 550 foot mainline. It is mostly single track (435 feet) with some double track (115 feet). Counting yard, industrial, interchange and staging tracks the total is about 2200 feet of track. There are also 148 switches for access to all of these tracks. The layout will be old enough to drink this coming October.
Bob posted:As many/most know, my layout is point to point with a 550 foot mainline. It is mostly single track (335 feet) with some double track (215 feet). Counting yard, industrial, interchange and staging tracks the total is about 2200 feet of track. There are also 148 switches for access to all of these tracks. The layout will be old enough to drink this coming October.
And like many others here, no doubt, I have a hard time visualizing having a layout that large.
And to be frank, I've seen plenty of layout the size of yours and wasn't terribly impressed. I'm more about the quality of a layout as opposed to the size. In your case, it's both.
Bob posted:As many/most know, my layout is point to point with a 550 foot mainline. It is mostly single track (335 feet) with some double track (215 feet). Counting yard, industrial, interchange and staging tracks the total is about 2200 feet of track. There are also 148 switches for access to all of these tracks. The layout will be old enough to drink this coming October.
That's a whole lot of ballasting! Lol
Old layout 730ft.
New layout 1050ft.
This is mainline running only. Yard and sidings not counted.
All glorious Lionel Super O...
p51 posted:John C. posted:p51 posted:28 feet exactly of mainline for me. Still, not bad for a 10X11' room...
I really enjoyed seeing this as obviously it involves someone actually controlling the train. The majority of what you see is a train running the same circle with limited intervention/interaction. The "run-around" is great for switching. How about a video of it in action?
Thanks, I've had a few op sessions and each new person says they're surprised such a small layout can keep 2 people busy for over 90 minutes jus tot cycle one train off the interchange (the furthest track to the right in the diagram, goes 'offstage' behind a small hill).
As for video, maybe these might show you something:
Someday, I want to get my hands on a GoPro and mount it on a flatcar for a trip all the way around...
Your layout is the textbook example of what I've been saying for a very long while now, it's NOT the size of the layout that makes it good, it's the design and quality. This word has been overused but your layout is truly GREAT. Thanks for the videos.
p51 posted:John C. posted:p51 posted:28 feet exactly of mainline for me. Still, not bad for a 10X11' room...
I really enjoyed seeing this as obviously it involves someone actually controlling the train. The majority of what you see is a train running the same circle with limited intervention/interaction. The "run-around" is great for switching. How about a video of it in action?
Thanks, I've had a few op sessions and each new person says they're surprised such a small layout can keep 2 people busy for over 90 minutes jus tot cycle one train off the interchange (the furthest track to the right in the diagram, goes 'offstage' behind a small hill).
As for video, maybe these might show you something:
Someday, I want to get my hands on a GoPro and mount it on a flatcar for a trip all the way around...
Lee, have you seen this layout? I thought you would get a kick out of it as you and I do the ET&WNC.
