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My ISL will be 10ft x 1ft in H0, it has a staging track of around 4ft, a loop/passing track to hold 3 x 50ft cars, with a lead/headshunt that holds a 50ft car & loco, & 3 spurs/sidings, using a 'diamond' to give greater usable length (one is 2ft, another is 3ft, & the 3rd approx 5ft). On this layout I will use flats or very low relief buildings for the 'spots'. I intend to set the baseboard height at around about 45", & use hand uncoupling of Kadee type couplers. (In 0 gauge I would only have got a small 'ProtoNook' in the space, but I wanted more interesting switching.)

Some recent aquisitions for your eyes to peruse.

Now that is definately a 'ProtoNook' for the space starved modeller.

Glad you posted on here brianusa or I might never have known the thread existed. I've just bought some Hornby 0 gauge, (probably over done it, but what the heck). Longing to re live the feeling I got when I first encountered 0 gauge back in the 50's. I've never gone for all this super detailing that most modellers seem to want these days. I want a railway, not a landscape that just happens to have a railway in it.

SNAP!! - (Except mine was a goods set).

That looks like another planet to me!

As I see it 0MF is the (new) standard. If I were to build track it is where I would start. R.T.R. locos, such as the Ixion 0-6-0 ST & 0-4-0 DM are said to be happy running on both Peco & hand built 0MF trackage.

I thought we might see it 'rockin & rollin', but that was pretty tame.....

It had been difficult to find info about such lines, until one got onto the internet. Now we can ask about them on forums & get links to info from those that have the knowledge.

If I remember rightly, Peco announced their setrack & points in an article in a model mag in February 2013; how long does it really take to produce said points (?!).

Congrats from me too....

Wire in tube including an omega loop would be my first thought.

You just need to wait until Peco release their small radius 0 gauge points, so plenty of time, as they were announced a long time ago...... Don't know about an 08, that could be several years away too...... However, Ixion do have a 0-6-0 Hudswell Clarke saddle tank & a Fowler diesel that could operate in your quarry......

My maxim; It'll be ready when it's ready. Some people on certain forums have built their layout & are building another already, do I care? Not a jot, I'll play trains when I want to.

Perhaps consider 16mmNG, another way to get big rolling stock for failing eyes, quite a few kits available, runs on 32mm track. Some people have I.O.M. rolling stock running on 45mm track. (Also LGB, but mainly foreign prototypes.) http://16mm.org.uk/newsite/default.html http://www.g-scale-society.co.uk/ Or maybe Seven Eigths minimum gauge (?), some kits available. http://www.7-8ths.info/index.php (I like the 'big stuff', just don't have a lot of space.)

Below is the URL of your 'signal' pasted in here by using the 'copy' symbol (third from the right above in the 'reply' page) :-

Careful there Chaz, or you may find yourself being asked by others.....

Hope it doesn't get up to you Chaz; & Mr Klein take a pat on the back.

Some others already do, it helps keep them out of the bar.

OK, I will add me to the 'intention' list. (J94) (Done.)

'0' Gauge Locos (?) - can't seem to find any info since the announcement (!). Has there been any progress ?

PECO points & "much cussing" go together quite often I'm afraid, they are just too big! (especially as housing gets ever smaller.)

Download & use GIMP. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ If you want for 'Windows', click on 'show other downloads'. Then, once it is installed, go to 'Image' > 'Scale Image....' Once scaled, 'File' > 'Export' it to where you want, (note - not 'Save').

Two books I have found interesting :- Southern Pacific Railroad - Brian Solomon Interurbans Without Wires - Edmund Keilty

Personally, I buy my computers without an operating system & always install Linux. It is a much more efficient OS than Microsoft systems, & it's free, as are nearly all the apps you would want to use. There are at least 3 video editing programs. Linux is used by most film companies, in 'render farms', when they need raw processing power. I usually buy my machines from Novatech, & have not had any problems installing Linux on any of them. http://www.novatech.co.uk/ (Just a satisfied customer.) Edit: I have found an Intel 2GHz i3 powered machine with 2Gb ram ample for my video editing needs.