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3rail Model Railroading Ideas for model railroading hobbyists who choose to use 3rail O-scale ready-to-run electric trains A sampling of prototype railroading practice SUBJECTS: Platforms Temporary Indoor Temporary Outdoor Permanent Indoor Permanent Outdoor Electrification The Wonderful 3rd Rail DC vs AC Accessories Overhead Illumination Lighting the Layout Model Photography Era and Place Era - When the railroad exists Place - Where the railroad exists Scenery Backdrops The "Stage Set" Streets Trackwork Structure Scenes Individual Buildings Easy Structure Projects Project Books Papercraft Simple Projects Rollingstock _Car Types Locomotives Private Cars Nonrevenue Service Cars _General Info Steam Generator and Head End Power Cars Caboose Dormitory Car Hospital Car Track Maintenance equipment Snow Clearance and Wildfire Fighting equipment Wreck Clearance equipment Low Speed Revenue Cars _General Info Flat and Intermodal Cars Gondola and Hopper Cars Box, Reefer, and Livestock Cars Vat and Tank Cars High Speed Revenue Cars _General Info Express Cars Passenger Cars Dining Cars Horse Transport Cars Railway Post Office Cars Operations It's all about transporting goods Better Fidelity Car Forwarding Forwarding is simply getting the goods from one place to another Procedures Booklet Communication for Safety and Traffic Flow Rulebook TimeTables Orders/Warrants Signals Envisioning the Theme Imagineering Theme Dictated by Rollingstock Theme Dictated by Railroading Style Inspirational O-scale Layouts Published Track Plan Examples demonstrating Superior Theme Execution Adapting Track Plans Platform: Permanent Outdoor Layout Platform: Permanent Indoor Layout - [SMALL] Platform: Permanent Indoor Layout - [MICRO] Selecting the Design Elements Sketch Work Track Selection Freelancing Design Tips Thought provoking prototype practices and modeling suggestions Word to the wise Published Track Plan Examples illustrating Clever Design Features Exhibits of common Track Schematic Styles Creative use of Topography Trackwork Sleight of Hand Unconventional Benchwork Solutions Planning around Traffic So much rollingstock, so little space Regular Traffic Compact Origin/Destination Examples Priority Traffic Establishing Priority Regular Passenger Traffic Other Priority Traffic How Conventional Railroads integrate with Traction Turning attention on Traction Heavy Electric Rapid Transit Interurban Light Rail Vehicle Streetcar The Railroad as its own Customer Keeping the railroad rolling Engine Servicing Rollingstock Overhauling Passenger Car Refreshing TRACK PLANS: Modules built upon an Interior Door Single-Module Track Plan Examples Return Loop Track Plan Example Traction Layouts Traction Focused Track Plans Published Track Plans Universal Layouts Track Plans without a narrow focus Theme: Maintaining the Railroad Element Track Plans Diorama Track Plans Permanent Layout Track Plans Theme: Government Railroading Element Track Plans Diorama Track Plans Theme: Passenger and Express Element Track Plans Permanent Layout Track Plans Theme: Expedited Freight Element Track Plans Theme: Regular Freight Element Track Plans LINKS: Links Internal Resources (Books) (Published Track Plans) External Resources
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