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My first layout, started Thanksgiving, 2005 was the Midland Central upgraded to 24" curves and double track mainline.
This first try at building a layout had many issues, but I learned a lot, which is I think, the purpose of your first railroad. Some of the problems included:
- The dimension lumber I used was poor and was already warping which in turn was causing serious problems.
- Hidden track with 1 inch of clearance is not going to be acceptable.
- Doing scenery was going to be difficult and contrived (scenery should be planned, duh).
- Every time I ran long trains, more than 8 or 10 cars, it looked like spaghetti.
- It was a middle of the room layout and as with most middle of the room layouts, it is difficult to make the scenery look realistic.
- I decided that I would change rooms so I moved it. Well the new room was too small so I decided I'd go for an around the walls scheme, so it was been disassembled for parts.
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