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"Hoboken, Oranges [sic] & Western" (5 x 10 ft.) - design by John Armstrong (1953)
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Layout construction (two-rail though) underway of one of those great John Armstrong layout designs, labelled "Hoboken, Oranges [sic] & Western" (5 x 10 ft.): http://www.thisisdrivel....lostcontinent/index.htmlFor the trackplan - originally published in 1953 - scroll down to the first entry dated January 17, 2011. This is about my preferred theme, busy urban mainline traffic in a confined space. Based on my experience in the field of small and compact layout construction, I reckon that it could be compressed to 210 x 110 cm in HO scale (allowing for platform tracks with a length of 100 cm in the Hoboken terminal). Enjoy. :-) Edited by user 13 August 2012 09:40:09(UTC)
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Location: San Francisco, California
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I think I love it???? The theme is fantastic, although I don't quite follow the track plan with all the levels etc... I tried googling it but it seems like there isn't much more info out there.
I agree it could be done tighter, but it makes for a fantastic large layout! |
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Joined: 16/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 251 Location: westernmost
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I faced the same challenge, and here is the solution: The PDF "Best of John Armstrong - vol. 2" contains the original article and can immediately be downloaded from Kalmbach Publishing (http://www.kalmbachstore.com). The price is USD 8.95.
Cheers
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