Todd, I agree with Paul, here, and I also had one other thought. I've deleted your message, but it seems to me you have a good idea of what you want to do. There's only one thing that went sort of "KLANK" when I read it. A fictional town. Why? There are SO many neat small towns along the EL to choose from. Pick one that's real. There is nothing like going to a layout where the Real Thing has been modeled and suddenly realizing what you're looking at . . .because you have BEEN THERE. Paul (the other one) is doing that. Harold Werthwein's great ERIE Delaware Division layout has done that in spades. It also gives you the operating setup. Mimic the real thing, and your good to go. The only caveat is I'd try to pick a town which had interchange, or a crossing with some other railroad. That increases the operational potential significantly. Easy for me to say. I made the ultimate model railroader's mistake. We decided we liked the house. And THEN I checked out the basement. Ah, well, that's what clubs are for. www.nsmrc.org SGL > Todd, a couple words of advice. When planning your layout, figure out the > operations you want in as much detail as possible, then design your layout > around it, and not the other way round. Second, order your supplies well in > advance, especially items like stock turnouts, as production is often > intermittent and they can be oos for many months. > > Paul B > > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > http://EL-List.railfan.net/ > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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