11-30-2011, 08:11 PM
But for an N scale passenger train rolling through the landscape, it is not a given that 4 passenger cars will give you same feel as a 16 passenger car real train. There I would guess that you would need to go to e.g. an 8 or 10 car passenger train.
Stein
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Actually a N Scale 16 car passenger train would fit the layout you drew.
Your yard tracks would hold 60-70 N Scale cars-18' is a lot of yard capacity in N seeing 1 50' HO boxcar is almost 2 N Scale 50' boxcar in length.
Looking at N Scale there is less "Selective compression" or "compressive selection" especially on the Godzilla size N Scale layouts.
Think of this.Even a N Scale 6' ISL is a lot of switching when properly planned-the industries can be a size bigger by using the backdrop instead of stand alones.
Stein
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Actually a N Scale 16 car passenger train would fit the layout you drew.
Your yard tracks would hold 60-70 N Scale cars-18' is a lot of yard capacity in N seeing 1 50' HO boxcar is almost 2 N Scale 50' boxcar in length.
Looking at N Scale there is less "Selective compression" or "compressive selection" especially on the Godzilla size N Scale layouts.
Think of this.Even a N Scale 6' ISL is a lot of switching when properly planned-the industries can be a size bigger by using the backdrop instead of stand alones.
Larry
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