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Complete Layout Plans for All Model Train Sets Soft Cover 5th enlarged edition
Complete Layout Plans for All Model Train Sets
Soft Cover Stapled
Carstens Publications
Copyright 1961, FIFTH enlarged EDITION 2001
58 pages
More than 140 different train layouts specially designed for sectional track will be found in the pages of this book. They cover every size space available and varying degrees of complexity. As a general rule, many of them are more complex than the track plans found in the various manufacturers catalogs. All of the track designs contained herein can be built using the track which came with your train set, regardless of make or gauge, although certain modifications may be necessary.
Additional track, switches, crossovers, and other special track sections can be purchased all year round at most model railroad hobby shops. Always remember that the best way to expand any train system is to do it slowly and systematically. Never expand or build any model railroad layout too rapidly.
In going over the contents of this book, study all the plans, regardless of gauge. Ask yourself if you like the idea of the layout. Then ask if that layout would fit the space you have available. Always remember that any layout can be enlarged. For example, a simple loop such as is packed with most train sets can be enlarged into a very large square by adding straight sections to each side. The loop can also be made into a very long and narrow layout by simple adding track to two sides of the loop.
The layouts in this book are more complicated than mere ovals but in most cases you can still add straight sections to make the layouts longer or wider. Each straight section added will increase the size of the layout by four to ten inches, depending on the gauge and make of your track.
Sometimes you can reduce the size of the layout by omitting straight sections but most of these layouts have been designed to fit a minimum space. If you drop out a straight section, you may not have room for all the switches on the other side, or grades may become too steep if it is a two-level layout. If you do change the size or gauge of a layout, it is necessary to check the re-design.
Lacking the above know-how, it is perhaps easier to build the problem sections of the layout on the floor, using actual track and switches.
You can even change from an eight-pieces-per-circle type track, such as Lionel 0 or Marklin 12" radius HO, to the twelve-pieces-percircle type track, such as Snap-Track, Marklin 15" and 18" radii, Trix, or Rapido, but you must then allow for differences in curve angles. For example, diagonal tracks of 0-27 track run at a 45angle, whereas most tracks having twelve sections per circle will run at 30or 60. For this reason, it is necessary to redesign certain layouts when you switch from one type of track to another. How extensive these changes will be will depend on the size and complexity of your layout.
The layouts in this book are also suitable for use with other track lines not specifically covered, including: Rokal, Triang, Lehmann, Aurora, Rivarossi, Fleischmann, Marx, and major N and HO Gauge lines using sectional track. They are also suitable for use by collectors using discontinued track lines such as Ives, American Flyer 0 and Wide Gauge, Lionel Standard, and early European large gauge systems.
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