![]() I had ideas about layout height (50″ or more), a sincere track plan (trains running through scenes only once), a single level (helixes aren’t for me), and open staging (no beneath-the-layout yards). So when I acquired the basement, I knew exactly what I wanted. I wasn’t an armchair railroader, because I had a layout, but I definitely was an armchair railroad empire builder.ĭuring this time, I was also operating on several other layouts, which helped me decide my own preferences. Working initially within a confined space enabled me to develop my skills as a modeler without the complexities of a large model railroad. In retrospect, I have no regrets about the order of things. ![]() ![]() The transition from a shelf railroad to a basement empire meant not only the expansion of territory, but also the expansion of my concept of model railroading. But within a couple years, what I had only dreamed about became a reality, and I acquired a basement (with a nice home on top). I was just happy that my wife agreed to my bizarre suggestion ( see “Harlowton, Montana, in N scale,” Model Railroader, Oct. When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the hallway beyond, I thought that was as large a model railroad as I would ever own.
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