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Posted in Layout Designs by Rob Chant. (Last activity on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 14:52:03 ADT.)
HO SCALE: Fallen Flags RR
This 18-inch by 60-inch HO-scale switching layout was designed for a member of a railway forum I frequent and and his freelanced Fallen Flags RR during the transition era. The owner wanted the layout set in more of a Midwest locale, but I couldn't find a backdrop that I was happy with, so I moved it east a bit. My client wanted a stockyard, a meat packing plant, a brewery, a grain terminal, and a scrap metal yard included in the plan. It took me a while to develop a track arrangement with a run-around track that worked with all those industries, but with the use of two PECO small wyes, I was able to find a way. It is a bit of an advanced time-saver design, but it worked out well, and doesn't appear too cramped.
TAGS: Staging Options: Drop Down, Theme: End of Line Station, Layout Size: Mini Layouts, Theme: Single Station / Town
Posted by Ryan P Sabo on Wednesday, March 04, 2020 at 12:01:38 PM. Wow! That's a lot of HO in 18"x60"! I like the choice of industries and the operations available. Amazing that it still feels open and rural. Nicely done! |
Posted by Robert Chant on Thursday, March 05, 2020 at 9:00:32 PM. Thanks Ryan ... this one was done for a member of the Micro/Small Model RR Layouts Facebook group and he presented both the footprint of the layout and the industries to include. Everyone once in a while I take on some design requests from the group, since the forum is restricted to layouts 32-square feet or less, and I have a huge liking for smaller layout designs. There are probably 80 or so designs in the file area of the group that will eventually make their way onto this blog. |
Posted by Scott Meyer on Sunday, October 09, 2022 at 11:29:55 PM. Could someone please indicate which switches are wyes, rights and lefts? I can’t tell from the plan and I want to build it. |
Posted by Rob Chant on Monday, October 10, 2022 at 9:30:25 AM. There are only 2 wyes used at either end of the run-around track ... the rest are all straight turnouts. |
Posted by tom cameron on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:03:29 PM. Very impressed with the way you include typical rural industries without cluttering up the farm landscape, while still managing to include a very good switching plan! I'm looking at how I can achieve tge same using KATO track components in N scale. Thank you for the inspiration!!! |
Posted by Rob Chant on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 7:33:17 PM. Hi Tom, I hope you have better luck with the KATO line of track than I have had ... after trying to design a few layouts with those components, I decided that I would not take on any more projects using sectional track. Take care, Rob. |
Posted by Michael Dean on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 8:48:24 PM. Rob, If it's any help to Tom, I have a 1'x4' N-Scale version of this using KATO track I could share. It's not a perfect clone, but it is close. |
Posted by Rob Chant on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 2:52:03 PM. Hi Michael, that is very nice of you ... I have no way of contacting Tom, once the messages are approved, the email address gets deleted. Hopefully he will see you post and leave a way get in touch. Take care, Rob. |
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