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Post by Traindiesel! on Feb 15, 2024 2:36:42 GMT
Joe, I’m looking forward to seeing your progress. I have a small amount of HO and N scale trains I’ve had since the 60’s. I also received some more modern N scale stuff from my Father when my parents moved twenty years ago. One day I hope to set them all up with my O gauge trains on separate smaller layouts.
In N scale I especially like the Kato concrete elevated viaduct structures that include catenary poles that my Father had. The rail is modern looking with no ties, just individual ‘concrete’ supports under the rail. The sections fit together like track with trestle supports. It also has truss bridges you can connect between sections. Check it out here:
Kato Concrete Viaduct
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Post by Traindiesel! on Feb 15, 2024 2:45:42 GMT
Viaduct Station
They have cool looking stations and buildings to go with the viaduct. Scroll down for the viaduct station.
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Post by amich35 on Feb 15, 2024 6:13:02 GMT
Thanks for the warning, lol. I have a few boxes of N-scale stuff saved from younger days, and I battle the urge to drag it all out and take up where I left off some three decades ago. I'll watch your progress with interest, but with an equal sense of fear. I don’t mean to tempt you, Healey, but if you scratch the N scale itch it doesn’t have to take up a lot of space. Before we decided to move I gave serious thought to building a small N scale layout on casters that I could store under the O layout. That reminded me of 40 years ago when I was in college in Laramie, Wyoming, I built a small N scale layout that I stored under my single sized bed in my dorm room. I hadn't thought about that one in years.
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Post by Country Joe on Feb 15, 2024 14:02:09 GMT
Joe, I’m looking forward to seeing your progress. I have a small amount of HO and N scale trains I’ve had since the 60’s. I also received some more modern N scale stuff from my Father when my parents moved twenty years ago. One day I hope to set them all up with my O gauge trains on separate smaller layouts.
In N scale I especially like the Kato concrete elevated viaduct structures that include catenary poles that my Father had. The rail is modern looking with no ties, just individual ‘concrete’ supports under the rail. The sections fit together like track with trestle supports. It also has truss bridges you can connect between sections. Check it out here:
Kato Concrete Viaduct Viaduct Station
They have cool looking stations and buildings to go with the viaduct. Scroll down for the viaduct station. Thanks for the links, Brian. Kato makes some great stuff. I really like some of the buildings and will look for them. If I had a bigger space for my layout I would have a double track viaduct line just because I think it’s cool.
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Post by Country Joe on Feb 15, 2024 14:06:06 GMT
I don’t mean to tempt you, Healey, but if you scratch the N scale itch it doesn’t have to take up a lot of space. Before we decided to move I gave serious thought to building a small N scale layout on casters that I could store under the O layout. That reminded me of 40 years ago when I was in college in Laramie, Wyoming, I built a small N scale layout that I stored under my single sized bed in my dorm room. I hadn't thought about that one in years. When I was a young single guy I had a small apartment. I didn’t have room for a layout so, like you, I had a 2’x4’ N scale layout under my bed.
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Post by firewood on Feb 18, 2024 1:11:33 GMT
You’re a better man than I am, Joe! 😉 I tried N scale about 25 years ago. I had a stretched out version of John Allen’s original HO G&D layout, about 2’x9’ and never got beyond a running loop of track before I realized it wasn’t for me. It’s all sold off now.
Keep us posted on the progress! 👍👍
Dave
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Post by atsda on Feb 18, 2024 3:36:46 GMT
I am enjoying contributions to the thread. Alfred
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Post by Country Joe on Feb 18, 2024 16:26:42 GMT
You’re a better man than I am, Joe! 😉 I tried N scale about 25 years ago. I had a stretched out version of John Allen’s original HO G&D layout, about 2’x9’ and never got beyond a running loop of track before I realized it wasn’t for me. It’s all sold off now. Keep us posted on the progress! 👍👍 Dave I don’t think I’m a better man, Dave, but I know that N scale isn’t for everyone. N running on Unitrack with modern engines is just as reliable as O but a whole lot smaller, too small for some.
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Post by healey36 on Feb 18, 2024 19:18:00 GMT
You guys are stirring the pot, lol. I'll have to bust out the Kato UniTrack and see how this old Trix K-4 runs:  Ugh... |
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Post by Country Joe on Feb 18, 2024 22:20:20 GMT
Sweet looking engine, Healey. One of the great features of Unitrack is that you can snap it together quickly, run trains for a while, and then pack it away until next time. In Japan model railroading is a huge hobby and since most people live in small houses N scale is by far and away the most popular scale.
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Post by firewood on Feb 18, 2024 23:10:47 GMT
You’re a better man than I am, Joe! 😉 I tried N scale about 25 years ago. I had a stretched out version of John Allen’s original HO G&D layout, about 2’x9’ and never got beyond a running loop of track before I realized it wasn’t for me. It’s all sold off now. Keep us posted on the progress! 👍👍 Dave I don’t think I’m a better man, Dave, but I know that N scale isn’t for everyone. N running on Unitrack with modern engines is just as reliable as O but a whole lot smaller, too small for some. That’s true about the Unitrack. My local club is developing a junior model railroader program using N scale T-Trak modules. There’s a supplier who supplies laser-cut module base kits and we had a lot of interest in them. They’re a table-top module and the joint is made using the actual Unitrack. ntrak.org/Modules-and-Layouts Dave
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Post by Country Joe on Feb 19, 2024 1:25:33 GMT
I don’t think I’m a better man, Dave, but I know that N scale isn’t for everyone. N running on Unitrack with modern engines is just as reliable as O but a whole lot smaller, too small for some. That’s true about the Unitrack. My local club is developing a junior model railroader program using N scale T-Trak modules. There’s a supplier who supplies laser-cut module base kits and we had a lot of interest in them. They’re a table-top module and the joint is made using the actual Unitrack. ntrak.org/Modules-and-Layouts Dave A friend and I are building some T-Trak modules. They are easy to build, store, transport and use. We hope to have them ready for the June train show in Melbourne, FL.
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Post by Country Joe on Feb 19, 2024 1:38:07 GMT
Sweet looking engine, Healey. One of the great features of Unitrack is that you can snap it together quickly, run trains for a while, and then pack it away until next time. In Japan model railroading is a huge hobby and since most people live in small houses N scale is by far and away the most popular scale. I was interrupted and didn’t finish my thought. Most Japanese don’t have room for a permanent layout so track systems like Kato and Tomix are very popular. They are designed to be set up and taken apart many times over many years. I recently learned that there are many hobby/train stores in Japan. A number of them have large N scale layouts that are fully landscaped. Hobbyists can rent time and run their trains on a real layout.
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Post by healey36 on Feb 19, 2024 14:35:58 GMT
A gauge of the enthusiasm of the Japanese for railway news can be found on NHK TV's Japan Railway Journal, a pretty neat 1/2-hour show that provides a glimpse of railroad action in Japan. They even have a small layout sitting in front of the presenters: Japan Railway Journal |
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Post by atsda on Feb 19, 2024 15:39:55 GMT
Post by healey36 on about an hour ago
A gauge of the enthusiasm of the Japanese for railway news can be found on NHK TV's Japan Railway Journal, a pretty neat 1/2-hour show that provides a glimpse of railroad action in Japan. They even have a small layout sitting in front of the presenters:
How tall would a Godzilla model be in N Scale? Alfred
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