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  2. John Armstrong (model railroader) - Wikipedia

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    In evenings and on weekends he began building his Canandaigua Southern Railroad O scale layout in the basement of the modest Armstrong family home, carefully cutting the cross-ties from balsa wood, setting them on rail-beds made from scale-sized gravel, and then laying out each length of track and carefully nailing it into place with tiny railroad spikes to scale that were hammered into the ...

  3. Model Railroader - Wikipedia

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    Model Railroader publishes two annual special issues: Great Model Railroads showcases 10-12 spectacular model railroads, including large, inspirational photographs, detailed track plans, and how-to information. Model Railroad Planning deals with aspects of designing and constructing a model railroad. Typical articles focus on reproducing ...

  4. Model railroad layout - Wikipedia

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    Part of an HO scale model railroad layout In model railroading , a layout is a diorama containing scale track for operating trains . The size of a layout varies, from small shelf-top designs to ones that fill entire rooms, basements , or whole buildings.

  5. Rail transport modelling - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese H0e scale model railroad One of the smallest (Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer bar of one of the larger (live steam, 1:8) model locomotives HO scale (1:87) model of a North American center cab switcher shown with a pencil for size Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned. A scratch-built Russell snow plow is ...

  6. Minories (model railway) - Wikipedia

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    Minories is a 'deceptively simple' [1] design for a model railway layout, designed by C. J. Freezer. The design was first published in Railway Modeller in 1957 and it became a regular of Peco's many collected plans books afterwards. [2] It is notable as an influential design, more than as a single instance of the model.

  7. Rail transport modelling scales - Wikipedia

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    a foreshortening technique using N scale model trains in the background (distance) with HO scale in the foreground. mixing 1:43 scale, 1:48 scale and 1:50 scale die-cast models with O scale model trains. using Matchbox cars (1:64 to 1:100) with HO scale and S scale. mixing OO scale British model trains with HO scale models. Both scales run on ...

  8. Timesaver - Wikipedia

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    Timesaver is a well-known [1] model railroad switching puzzle (U.K. English: shunting puzzle) created by John Allen. [2] It consists of a specific track layout, a set of initial conditions, a defined goal, and rules which must be obeyed while performing the shunting operations.

  9. Carolwood Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Disney purchased this land to build a new family home with an elaborate backyard railroad behind it. [10] Plans for the railroad's layout included 2,615 feet (797 m) of 7 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch (184 mm) gauge track with eleven switches, as well as gradients, overpasses, a trestle, and an elevated dirt berm.

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