stokesy11

Dear All, I am about to return to railway modelling after a long hiatus because I will soon have enough space for what I hope to be a substantial layout. I have toyed with using N gauge, but 00 seems to offer more to me right now for what I would like to do. My question is, if I wanted to run full length trains with a rake of 8-9 carriages + loco in 00, on a loop type layout, what kind of space would be the minimum? Minimum being one that does not have tight curves that would squeeze everything but to have reasonable curves. Same question would apply to N gauge. I am hoping to have a space 5.5m by 3.6m (approx 15' x 12')