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PAGE 9 - JANUARY 2003, ©2003
Carl Arendt
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Switching Layout Set
in Vancouver
Harrterm Yard is Ian Bareham's
small HO switching layout, featuring lots of detailed industrial scenes. The L-shaped
shelf design uses modern North American equipment, and is scenicked to represent
the Pacific Northwest, near Vancouver. Photos by Ian Bareham.
 
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How to Create Layout
Room
Carl Hille, who hails from Sequim,
WA -- not far from the setting for Harrterm Yard above -- was hard pressed to find
room for an HO layout. He had some nice trains depicting the Alaska RR, where he
used to live, but couldn't find a place to display them. So he converted some window
sills to long, slender layout spaces. An under-construction result is shown above,
as the 5:14 mixed freight pulls into Seward to the applause of the tourists and locals
alike! Photo by Helen Hille.
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Artistry in the Key
of Z
 Todd Gamble custom-built this Z-scale
railroad to fit on a client's television set and show off a collection of miniature
cottages. It's wired to light up at night (below). By day, Todd creates art for role-playing
games in Washington state. You might also enjoy making some of his paper fold-up
buildings, available online.
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UPDATE-- Todd has just forwarded (Feb. 2003) a couple of stunning
closeup shots of this little Z scale table topper, so we've added them to the story.
What an amazing amount of detail he's packed into this tiny space!
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A delightful narrow-gauge
branch
And finally, not from the Pacific Northwest
but from England's talented Giles Barnabe comes this design for a mythical
British narrow gauge line. Scenery to show off the trains is emphasized here, with
limited operation in a 20"x30" (50x76 cm) space. This trackplan was developed
from another layout, built into a suitcase, which appeared in the British model press
in the late 1960's.
Giles describes the layout like this: "The basic oval is partly hidden by a
stony hillside into which the main line delves, and there is a branch line running
uphill into a mine situated across the river from a passing station. There is just
room for a siding off the oval inside the hill, which allows one train to be stored
while another takes its turn around the main line. There's also the possibility of
adding locomotive sidings in the two hidden corners.
"The mine train could run from here to the station, where the locomotive would
need to get to the back of the wagons before propelling them up the branch line.
Curves are tight, so only small locomotives and wagons can be used, but these will
not overpower the layout."
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