These simple, tabletop plans feature O gauge sectional track and are perfect for small or medium-sized first layouts. Each plan includes construction details and a complete list of the components required to build the layout.
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Limited Material Lists, good background info,
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This review is from: Layout Plans for Toy Trains (Paperback)
Basic background information about trackwork and benchwork contained within the first few chapters of this book are excellent information for the novice model railroader. (Note: The L-girder benchwork diagram is mis-labeled, pieces #7 form the X brace between the legs, while pieces #3 & 5 form the triangle between the legs and the "L" girder support. Dimensions for these pieces are correct)
Layouts at all interesting, however, slightly less than half of the layouts in this book come with track/accessory material lists. If you're using this a inspiration for your own layout, that should be no problem. If you want to actually build the layout and there's no list, you may be able to guess what you need. There is also a good variety of layout sizes, from small to room size.
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Excellent Introductry Selection of Layouts,
By Markus F. Robinson (Berkeley, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Layout Plans for Toy Trains (Paperback)
If you are interested in O-Scale layouts from 4'x8' small and simple to large and complex (12' x 32'), this book is a great small compendium both of interesting designs and tips for successful layout construction. It is well illustrated and very practical.
But, buyer beware... there are curious errors... I did a detailed study of John Long's 'Tinplate Central' layout included. The article claims that the layout is an O-32 layout and lists O-32 track segments required. But the layout is clearly an O-27 layout and a careful look at the measurements on the layout page show curve radii of 13.5 inches. That major error slipped by the editors both of the original article as well as the reviewers of the articles chosen to be included in the book. At least one other reviewer has found similar errors. - Markus Robinson, Tunkhannock, PA
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Back to my youth!,
By Robbo (Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Layout Plans for Toy Trains (Paperback)
After 50 years I returned to "playing" with my boyhood Lionel trainset. With help from my electrically competent son, it still worked.
But I wanted ideas about layouts and how to set it up. This book gives many plans for many different room sizes. It also is most informative about the different types of tracks available, their merits, and the components that can be purchased. It is well worth the money. I'm young again!
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In the glory years of the postwar toy train boom, young rail barons would gauge another's wealth by asking, "How many switches ya got?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Line, Model Builder, Ideal Layout, Freight Station, Tinplate Central, Union Pacific, Water Tower, Floodlight Tower, Classic Toy Trains, Coal Elevator, Crossing Gates, Lionel Corp, New York Central, Robert Heffner, Rotary Beacon, American Flyer, Automatic Crossing Gate, John Anderson, Lamp Post, North Western, Proviso Yard New!
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In the glory years of the postwar toy train boom, young rail barons would gauge another's wealth by asking, "How many switches ya got?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Line, Model Builder, Ideal Layout, Freight Station, Tinplate Central, Union Pacific, Water Tower, Floodlight Tower, Classic Toy Trains, Coal Elevator, Crossing Gates, Lionel Corp, New York Central, Robert Heffner, Rotary Beacon, American Flyer, Automatic Crossing Gate, John Anderson, Lamp Post, North Western, Proviso Yard New!
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- How to Build Your First Lionel Layout by Stanley W. Trzoniec on page 41
- Tips & Tricks for Toy Train Operators by Peter H. Riddle on page 41
- Model Railroading by Lionel Corp. on page 32
- Build a Better Toy Train Layout by John Grams on page 16, and page 29
- Great Toy Train Layouts by Roger Carp in Back Matter
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