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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek  And you deem that to be prototypical? My switches are always delivered in a red and white plastic bag with a big M on it.  So demanding... BrandonVA attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek And you deem that to be prototypical? My switches are always delivered in a red and white plastic bag with a big M on it. So demanding... As the kids put it: LOL ! Great thread by the way ! Cheers Henrik
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Mixed roundhouse?  Edited by user 13 February 2014 15:21:50(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA Mixed roundhouse? Hi Brandon, I cannot see the photo? Neither with Microsoft nor Apple powered IT... |
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Maeklong Railway, Thailand (not to be mistaken for Maerklin). Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Cannot make up your mind about track layout? Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek
Hi Brandon,
I cannot see the photo? Neither with Microsoft nor Apple powered IT...
I noticed today it is not showing up for me as well. I have attached it directly so it can now be seen. -Brandon |
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Crazy diamond crossings in front of tunnel portal? Yes, in East Dubuque, Illinois (USA). Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Rolling stock sitting off track on your layout? It is prototypical: runaway in St Louis, MO (USA), 1954. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Slightly off topic, since this is impossible to model. However, it might serve as a reminder to keep track arrangements simple - Newcastle on Tyne, England. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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An alternative to GHI: elephant power - Sydney, Australia (1932). Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Whimsical tunnel? Prototypical in Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain. Obviously, the tunnel serves only to support a lookout. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Crazy diamond crossings in front of tunnel portal? Yes, in East Dubuque, Illinois (USA). Is that a main line or something else out of the tunnel? -Brandon |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Whimsical tunnel? Prototypical in Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain. Obviously, the tunnel serves only to support a lookout. Why else would you have a tunnel? :) |
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I have some of these on my layout.  UP Horseshoe Curve, Coastal Subdivision. San Luis Obispo, California, 2009 |
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Having kids? Mixing cars and trains? Well worn coaches for rugged playing? Is it prototypical? What would 007 say? Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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What's next? Preiser bungiee jumping?  |
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Speaking of kids playing on the tracks...  |
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And just so I don't get in too much trouble, low bridge?  |
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Yes, ahm, this is for the model railroader, who, ahm, has no space, but wants to have a plausible scenario with a big train, and cars, and urban backdrop and Preiserlings placed in an unmotivated manner on the street. Thanks for your attention (California Zephyr in Richmond, CA, 1968). CORRIGENDUM: Western Pacific’s 3rd Street Station in Oakland, CA Edited by user 27 February 2014 15:18:22(UTC)
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If you need to squeeze a line into the town… Weymouth Quay branch UK  |
Marklin HO using M track. Now reverted to analogue as I find it has more character and is more fun...... and I understand it! |
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Today's edition: Standard Marklin yard:  Somewhere along the SP line. -Brandon |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA Today's edition: Standard Marklin yard: Well, they wasted a lot of space by using the long turnouts, while everybody knows that freight cars also look good on the short ones. |
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I find that my track plan and road plan don't always line up.  UP Geeps moving through Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, 20013 |
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Even though Marklin has never made a B unit for the 3181/4181 Burlington Northern F7s, don't despair:  -Brandon |
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Return loop? Of course, it is prototypical for a mining railway at Ponta da Madeira in Brazil. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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More locos than wagons? Or wanting to display vandalized locos which cannot run themselves any more? Get inspired by the example of the 2003 delivery of US made ES58AC locos to Vale of Brazil. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Yes, those street runs. Have a steam loco and modern model cars? Wanna mingle? Check the Czech Republic then. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Too many steamers, not enough space? Try scenic arrangements, like terraces in a Chinese mine or pile up bridges like in Richmond, VA (USA). Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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A tunnel under a town? Sounds like my layout.  Pam Am GP40 at Bellows Falls, Vermont, 2013 |
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True story.  -Brandon |
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The Williams Loop is a rail spiral located on the Union Pacific Railroad's (originally Western Pacific Railroad's) Feather River Route through the Sierra Nevada mountains in northeastern California, connecting the Sacramento Valley to Salt Lake City via the Feather River canyons. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: BrandonVA True story. -Brandon  Cannot see it?  |
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Fancy sharing your ferry with an ICE......     Or on video; BR Glenn |
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No space? Modern minimalistic flyovers? Highway and several railroad mainlines embedded in a rural green landscape plus a navigable river before the backdrop of a steep cliff cramped on a narrow shelf layout? Abrupt change between bucolic environment and big town? ICE trains calling in a station just adjacent to the greenery? Tunnel portal and highway overpass disguising mainline tracks disappearing at the end of the layout? Take Wuerzburg in the German river Main valley. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Excessive use of brick archways and viaducts supporting dual track mainline in green landscape? Try Souillac in France: Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek The Williams Loop is a rail spiral located on the Union Pacific Railroad's (originally Western Pacific Railroad's) Feather River Route through the Sierra Nevada mountains in northeastern California, connecting the Sacramento Valley to Salt Lake City via the Feather River canyons. Once again the Williams Loop, this time with the California Zephyr crossing its own path. Edited by user 03 March 2014 20:13:08(UTC)
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Too dramatic scenery in limited space? Not near Red Cliff, Colorado (USA). Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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A high bridge towering above an European town with half-timbered houses, but without meaningful mountain scenery? The Morlaix granite viaduct in France was built 1861-1864 for the line from Paris to Brest, is 292 metres long and 58 metres high. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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No patience to construct a fancy bridge over a deep gorge? The wrought iron Rouzat viaduct built in 1869 crosses the Sioule river in France. Alsterstreek attached the following image(s): |
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