Glad to see the idea of a lego train blog like Railbricks will not die out. I will be eagerly awaiting more posts!

I have noticed that occasionally, especially if I’m using rolling stock with trucks that don’t swivel well. When I design layouts for public shows, I generally try to add a straight before each switch as well.

Thank you. Part 2 will cover the Strasburg Rail Road as well as a few other places in the area.Look for it next week.

Thanks. I hope so too.

Thanks Larry. We already have a list of topics we want to cover going.

Interesting. I actually just take the blueprints, scale them to 1:45, print them out and then just do overlays with bricks to see if things match up the way I like it. See my method in action here: […]

I use a partially transparent checkerboard in Powerpoint to help with scaling. You can see an example here:

A tool like this means you don’t have to recalculate every stud dimension. You do the calculation once […]

8 studs to 10 feet is approximately 1:47. This is close to USA O Scale (or O gauge), which is 1:48. In the Victorian Railways L Gauge Modellers (Melbourne, Australia), we build in European O scale, which is 1:45. […]

Great idea guys – your motivation is spot-on, and you have a great team. This might just be the next big thing for the LEGO train community. I certainly hope so. Good luck!

Hmm, where I said “CC 21002” I meant CC21003. Owned by SNCF, the French State Railways, obviously.

Also, this message is nothing without pictures or links so hereby: […]

Great article, however, a bit difficult for people from across the pond who tend to use the metric system 😉 Therefore my question: to which scale does 8 studs : 10 feet most closely resemble?

For example, […]