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Seen on a blog post, a system for making barbed wire fencing. Cost is high, so might work out better in a group/club setting, but if you need barbed wire fencing it may be worth it. http://elgincarshops.blogspot.com/2019/02/money-well-spent.html https://dmcrrproducts.com/product/bwf-4001-barbed-wire-fencing-kit-ho-scale-4-strand-spacing/

On an assumption that this is a reference to my suggestion, I should clarify I wasn't suggesting a traditional peninsula that has a loop at one end. Rather I was suggesting a dead ending peninsula, so it would only need to be 2 feet wide or so. You could then, to allow for continuous running, have a removable section of track to bridge the access area for the fiddle yard and thus on a temporary basis connect the staging and peninsula.

It's not really a matter of trust, but rather that they will be kids and things can happen, particularly in an area designated as a play area. Then there is also the consideration of any playmates and how they behave... It will all depend on whatever you end up deciding is right for what you want. If the fiddle yard/staging is to be located under the layout then it will be the obvious first place to start, otherwise a design with nothing hidden can have the advantage of starting with whatever you think gets you enjoyment first - perhaps a the station or loco shed with a temporary fiddle yard to allow operating trains without needing the entire layout done. Another question, is this meant to be a solo layout or are you thinking of having people over to help operate it? Your drawing shows 2.5', or 30", which is more than enough for a 3 or 4 track station. If you take another look at Upton Hanbury then you can see looking at the grids that the basics of the station can fit into about 24" wide. A 3 track station, like perhaps Brent could give you some pannier operations coming off of a branch. Even in the case of Newton Abbot I believe there were panniers used on some of the branches. If you are set on a terminus then perhaps look into the minories layouts, where you could use that as an influence and give you a starting point. You may want to look at https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/28198-bradfield-gloucester-square-br-1962-ish/ for ideas/inspiration in addition to the more obvious https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/131100-is-minories-operationally-satisfying/ Upton Hanbury is a design by Harlequin, he started a topic on how to create drawings of his style here https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/126780-layout-design-in-illustration-software/ [edit] Further to a station with engine movements, even a through station can have them with Newton Abbot being a change point for a lot of engines, and of course with the GWR you also can get to split and combine trains.

You don't necessarily need a "big" station to use your collection of locos. One counterexample would be Newton Abbot, which I believe saw all sorts of larger steam, plus had an engine shed, and was just a town. On the Southern Exeter wouldn't have been much different except for the shed being well separated from the station. I am sure there are lots of other examples around where the GWR placed facilities based on operational needs and not population. So shifting the station to the long wall you could build a reasonably busy through station(1), also serving a branch maybe, with an engine shed at one end a you open countryside on the other end, perhaps using a junction to partially hide the return loop. As for the staging, does it have to be in the main room? Or can it be located elsewhere (the freezer / furnace labelled areas) and connect to the layout using a removable section of track? Or would it be acceptable to "borrow" 6' from one end of the room and create a peninsula? Place the engine shed on the peninsula and then have your staging on the now "hidden" end of the layout. Despite the above, a better idea might be to keep dreaming of this layout for the next 15 to 20 years and instead build something smaller, perhaps fitting elsewhere in the house. As others have mentioned you have such a large space that many can only dream of, but the reality of a person starting a family creates an inherent conflict where the space isn't dedicated to the layout. The mentioned danger of accidental damage needs to be considered, as does the constraints a young family can place on a layout (both in time and money - kids are expensive in both). Perhaps as a compromise, and depending on how tall you are, a loop of track higher up on the walls so you can just run trains around while be safely out of the way would be sufficient for now, and perhaps a work bench tucked away so you can slowly work on some other aspects of the hobby - building some structures, kits, detailing, etc. - while waiting for the time for your ultimate layout. 1- Upton Hanbury could be used for inspiration, the station would take about 14' - https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/139075-upton-hanbury-gwr-mainline-fantasy/

In part because all we ever really hear about are the ones that have problems and thus are unaware of the projects that don't have major problems. Another part is the size of complexity of such a project that seems to inherently, regardless of where in the world, cause issues to multiply as the project proceeds, often magnified buy politically expedient unrealistic budgets and timelines at the start. Random examples - California has dramatically reduced their high speed rail plans (in some ways it verges on a cancellation) due to lack of progress and ballooning budget, the "big dig" through Boston created numerous issues, NASA's James Webb telescope has been endlessly delayed and seen a massive budget overrun. The private sector isn't immune either, Intel has been struggling to get the next generation of the chip manufacturing going giving advantages to competitors.

Another question, is the area in question entirely dedicated to the layout or is the centre area also going to be used for other purposes?

As said above, accurate dimensions of the room (including all openings, doors and whether they open inward or outward, exact size of stairs, etc) are necessary to be able to make suggestions beyond the basics. Also, in addition to scale, what are your preferences - are you wanting rural/urban/inner city? a branchline station / shed or giving the illusion of a big station shed? Given the generous nature of the room my first suggestion would be to consider using the left or right side as your fiddle yard, and thus placing either the station or engine shed along the long wall.

Simple answer, it provides your local businesses (retail or otherwise) more of a level playing field while also fighting tax evasion. As for your purchases from the UK, that is only true if they are duty/tariff free and don't have any other restrictions on them(*), and if you don't pay the local sales tax equivalent to your State (if your State requires that as many do). You may, thanks to the way the US is set up, get away without having taxes collected on imports but that isn't the same as living without such added charges. * US Customs has this page for American thinking of importing items, with some dangers listed https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/internet-purchases

Was only sort of true, and is no longer true. It used to be that as long as an Internet retailer did not have a physical presence in the State that they did not have to collect a sales tax - though the law in many States (rather obviously ignored) was the buyer was required to pay the equivalent of the sales tax anyway. However a Supreme Court decision last year eliminated that loophole and Internet sellers are now subject to collecting sales tax whether the person/company has a physical presence in the State or not (and given the mess that the sales tax system in the US is this is not a trivial undertaking).

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Headlines vary between a "scaling back" to "cancelled" with the State Governor making a major announcement in his State of the Union today: https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/california-high-speed-rail-plan-scaled-back.html

https://accurascale.co.uk/blogs/news/accurascale-announces-class-92-in-oo mentions livery permissions for all operators have been obtained.

Models in OO and N announced https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/142170-mark-5-by-accurascale/

Guessing some tried posting before official, but the end of this announcement says an OO Class 92 is coming from Accurascale with the help of Revolution Trains https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/142170-mark-5-by-accurascale/

Don't know how on topic a discussion would be for this thread, but the problem with your request is that Free-mo is so flexible / open that almost anything already posted here could be done as a Free-mo module... (at it's most basic all a Free-mo module needs is 1 end that meets the standard to allow another Free-mo module to connect). So if you want help/ideas you are going to need to be more specific as to what you want.

And the EU rejects the merger https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/eu-nixes-deal-to-create-rail-giant-able-to-stand-up-to-china-1.4284683

On the other hand though you get to charge the battery for free when going down the other side of the mountain given most electric cars seem to have regenerative braking.

Well, unlike the with the US there is a rather largish body of salt water between the UK and Canada which means it's going to be more than filling out paperwork, throwing it on a truck, and allowing for possible border delays.

Then why are you asking? You started out asking if you would be able to buy parts for an older model, and yet you are now claiming that you know that you can't?

But the only people who would know would be Hornby, so why aren't you instead asking Hornby? Otherwise you need to accept the answers given above that the manufacturers don't make spare parts for old models.

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