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thanks - Mike


ferroequinologist (n)


Latin ferrum iron + Latin equus horse + -logist
A railroad or model railroad enthusiast. (From Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations.) "Ferroequino" derives from the Latin for "iron horse," an early term for a locomotive.


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Monday, September 8, 2008

From my workbench













5th Layout Plan Complete


Well, this will be my 5th and hopefully final layout. I signed a 99 year land lease with my wife and I will start to tear out walls and installing electrical this winter. The space will be 15' x 31'.
This is a 90% HO and 10% HOn3 layout.
This will be based during the World War II era.
Southern Pacific & Cotton Belt.
It is a dual level layout with a helix (Top level shown). 2 main lines, 3 yards and 2 locomotive terminals including turntables. My plan is to hand lay all of the exposed track and switches.
I am running an Easy DCC system, currently only have 2 power districts (but may require more), 2 throttles are mounted on the control panel (see future posting on this project) as well as one wireless throttle for walk around.

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