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Introduction to track planning
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Introduction/by David Popp
Careful measuring and drawing ensure that your layout fits/by Andy Sperandeo
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Very small layouts
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Curves, turnouts, and track
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Short on space? Just starting out? Try these ideas/selected by Steven Otte Setting standards to handle the trains you want to run/by Andy Sperandeo Track plans that start with a sheet of plywood/selected by David Popp Learn the art of controlled doodling/by Andy Sperandeo How to think of your track plan as a railroad/by Andy Sperandeo Careful drafting leads to easier construction and operation/by Andy Sperandeo 33 railroads sized for a spare bedroom/selected by Steven Otte How to plan slopes your trains can climb/by Andy Sperandeo
Layout design is more than just track planning/by Andy Sperandeo
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Got space to stretch out? Find some ideas here/selected by Steven Otte Build a railroad so you can take it with you/by Andy Sperandeo Simple arithmetic changes any layout design to your scale/by Andy Sperandeo Plans for rec rooms, basements, and barns/selected by David Popp An HO plan for a non-traditional space/by David Popp
ON THE COVER: This compact locomotive terminal and several rail- and river barge-served industries are just a small part of David Popp’s HO scale plan for the Grand River Ry., featured as plan 102 in this book. Illustration by Rick Johnson and Jay Smith
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