That's why I suggested you modify it!

Just spent part of today building a carpetbahn of 0490 from this website. Ran out of 5109/5110 though....

Sorry Marco, but I'm not finding anything for the 3600 from your link. I went through all the topic's links to paper, plans, and fotos. I also did a keyword search on both pages of the topic post. What did I miss?

Awesome, thanks. I love how they give you the operating basics of the old signalling and trackage as building blocks to more complex layouts.

BTW I found Wolf's 2012 post about recreating the 1939 Leipzig Fair layout:

https://www.marklin-user...g--Toy-Fair-Display.aspx

What a great layout. I think I'll plan for that scheme with some modifications to fit my size coinstraints. Perhaps by placing the layout sideways in the room I may be able to get the original width (550 cm) to fit. I want to change the layout to use the larger postwar turntable and circular lok shed. I also want to enable freight trains to come through that area to reach the freight yard indepependently of the turntable and shed trackage. I think there could be enough space at the top of the smaller raised platform to fit a single main through-track to the saddle and also fit a junction to the shed and turntable sidings. That way one could have independent (manual) operation for the shed as also for the freight yard, composing and de-composing freight consists. I will add some more turnouts and a few post-war 4-way crossings to enable additional circulation options. Regardless, only 00 scale 800 stock and pre-computer # 3000 series, in separate sessions, would be run. Before actual building starts, the really "fun" part is going to be sorting and matching clean and straight 3600 track of same (or close to) color! 3600 track seems to have more colors than the Pantone palette, each with its own "seasoned" vintage look and condition.

I would also like to showcase the longer postwar bridge sections, with their curved ramps, and pillar supports. As we all know, a good H0 layout can never have too many bridges. In the end, my idea is to build a hybrid layout having pre- and immediately-post-war components. For ease of sourcing and the availabilty of more features, I'll use the later, post-war catenary with plastic poles. The wide transverse catenary supports for stations and yards I think would look great with the larger station buildings. I may equip one inside loop with the pre-war overhead for nostalgia's sake. I'm figuring that on the original 1939 Leipzig layout, by incorporating the standard analog relays and automatic blocks, Marklin could run four full trains without human control. Does that compute?

I'm looking for simple train CAD program (for a Mac) to model all this, possibly with 3600 track components. Is there anything like that available?

Thanks.

Edited by moderator 28 September 2017 11:53:19(UTC)  | Reason: Fixed confused nested quoting