Hello all. I am planning to set up a track that goes from room to room thru the entire house. I don't have anything yet, not even the house. I am in the planning stages and trying to figure out what all I will need once I start building. I don't know much about the model rr hobby, I had an HO scale santa fe set many years ago, but only got to play with it a couple times as I did not have enough room to lay it out. I do know I want the O scale so that the details of the train are easier to see. I think a shelf from wall to wall as a baseboard would not be too difficult. If the house has an upstairs I would like for the train to make the trek up as well. I have read some on here about that and found that a 1 to 30 ratio is about the best. I live somewhat near an actual rr, and have noticed some of the trains rolling through will have 2 and 3 locomotives. Is this possible on a model rr layout as well? I know from tallking to a gentleman local, when I was at my last job, that in a larger layout power supply becomes an issue so I will need to know about this as well.
I would like in a couple of rooms to have switch tracks so the train can circle the room. I probably will not do much for scenery, probably tunnels where the track passes through the walls. Most likely this will be done in sections. I will probably start with the room the train circles and maybe have it pass into the other room, circle 3 walls and come back to the original room.
I have notice a difference in track metals, nickle\silver and steel, would I be better running nickle silver in this setup to keep possible rusting out of the picture? I also read about the nickle\silver not having the traction of the steel, would nickle silver for the flats and steel for the grade be possible?
Enough questions from me for now, lets get some answers then I'll ask alot more, so please bare with me.
Eddie.
I would like in a couple of rooms to have switch tracks so the train can circle the room. I probably will not do much for scenery, probably tunnels where the track passes through the walls. Most likely this will be done in sections. I will probably start with the room the train circles and maybe have it pass into the other room, circle 3 walls and come back to the original room.
I have notice a difference in track metals, nickle\silver and steel, would I be better running nickle silver in this setup to keep possible rusting out of the picture? I also read about the nickle\silver not having the traction of the steel, would nickle silver for the flats and steel for the grade be possible?
Enough questions from me for now, lets get some answers then I'll ask alot more, so please bare with me.
Eddie.