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General Category => The Gallery => Topic started by: Brian Donovan on December 15, 2009, 08:18:57 PM

Title: Pics of my 7/8n2 layout
Post by: Brian Donovan on December 15, 2009, 08:18:57 PM
This little layout is still in its infancy with the track just put down a year ago but it is shaping up nicely.
It is basically a reversing loop to reversing loop with a couple of spurs.

the track plan with an unfolded version of it on the top half and how it looks on the bottom -

(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi113.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn214%2Faltterrain%2F7-8n2%2520projects%2F7-8s%2520layout%2F7-8s-trackplan.jpg&hash=7539d6fcfc6fc0e47e52825bc7eb60898068db42)

Pics from this past summer when the big stone station was just installed (real stone, real cedar shingles, real copper gutters and weighing in around 40 lbs.)

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and an in cab ride along video-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ZWYT518ms

-Brian
Title: Re: Pics of my 7/8n2 layout
Post by: JohnP on December 23, 2009, 07:00:02 PM
Brian, that is a nice and pleasant outdoor railway. The larger outdoor scales can be a relief from rivet counting indoors. I started a 7/8ths loop with a Ruby I have plans to convert to 7/8ths. Somewhere on here Marc posted a bunch of small-gauge 4-wheel cars that I will be using for my 7/8ths trains. I might cast a few to have a string of equipment to pull. I did get to see Steve King's Maine 2-foot 7/8ths outdoor railroad in VA when others brought their equipment too. That is a scale that can be exploited for real in-your-face detailing if one is so inclined. But you can still pick it up and get it on a workbench.

John