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The problem is that most folks, including yours truly don't have the room for very large radius curves. (In point of fact, model railroad curve radii don't come close to prototype curves except for very tight branch lines or logging railroads!) "Standard" HO scale sectional track commonly comes in 18-inch, 22-inch, and even 15-inch curves.
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Radius is a big factor. you could have your tracks 2 inches apart with 60" radius curves and it is fine. But if you are running 18 and 20" radius curves, your cars on the 20 will overhang and interfere with trains on the other track. Our old layout had 2.5" spacing for straights, and 3" on the curves (we had 19" and 22" curves and it worked out ...
A user shares a 2 x 6ft HO scale yard layout design and asks for feedback. Other users offer suggestions, opinions, and alternatives for different layout configurations and scales.
All forms of HO scale model railroading, including narrow gauge. ... 7/8ths scale trains...on H0 track ...
For example, one real foot equals 87 scale HO feet. But the ratio works for any linear unit of measurement, whether it's inches, meters, millimeters, miles, furlongs, or light-years. (an HO scale light-year is 67.5 billion actual miles long, by the way ) If you're asking how many actual inches are in a scale HO foot, then a little math is involved:
Good evening all, this is my first post on this site. I am in search of an HO scale Rapido MLW FPA-4. I have an analog layout, so DC only please. My first preference for roads would be the New York and Lake Erie FPA-4 (item #20031). Grand Canyon Railway (item #20027/20028), and Canadian...
My Choice is Homasote. Years back when I started my layout (20+ years ago) I used Homabed. I started the layout hand laying code 70 rail and turnouts and really like the way that the homasote holds the spikes.
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It's close enough, as a distinction, to say that standard DC trains run on variable DC, with the voltage levels controlled by the rheostat in the powerpack. DCC trains run on constant AC-like current and the trains are controlled by data packets sent and received through the DCC controller and the DCC decoder.