Inside the Track

By MRA Editors

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Take a Tour of Greg Smith’s Layout
Take a Tour of Chooch Rivard’s Layout
Take a Tour of Bill Briggs’ Layout

Take a Tour of the Newport Model Railroad Club Layout (Part 1)
Take a Tour of the Newport Model Railroad Club Layout (Part 2)
Take a Tour of Doug Hodgdon’s Citrus District Layout

Take a Tour of Brad Sveum’s Layout
Take a Tour of Ken Ziska’s Layout
Take a Tour of Ken Ziska’s Layout (Part Two)

Bob (Chooch) Rivard – Track Car Cam Montage
Bob (Chooch) Rivard – Track Car Cam Montage Part 2




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13 Responses to “Inside the Track”

  1. Bob Harriman

    These layouts were so enjoyable to see. I’m 82 and many years ago I had a small but nice layout with several tears on four 4×8 sheets of plywood. I still have many buildings and engines. I have no idea how much track and 15 remote switches all HO. Would love to get back into it again someday.

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  3. Sidney King

    Love your MODEL RAILROAD web page , but why do the writers of this web page have to put the word ( TEMP ) in front of other words , I don’t get it.

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  5. Georgia Davison

    You should add a viewer speed control, so we can speed up our viewing time. These videos are too darn slow.

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  6. Allan Nester

    I would like to switch over to a digital system. I have an older Lionel set going around the inside of my 32 x 40 garage. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  8. SHERRIL

    This is very nice. My plan is to build a track that has a incline and descend from 6500ft to 8500ft and actually climb a mountain? What percentage of grade could I use for a 50 mile trip one way?

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      Hey Sherril,

      Here’s what the experts had to say about your question:

      Well a 2% gradient in considered a maximum for scale trains and the real ones as well.

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      Douglas Hodgdon
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