traingeekboy Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 One the great things about running outdoors is the amount of space we get. Even my smallish layout has around a 42 foot mainline run. By some peoples standards that may not be so great, It's not even a scale mile around and American railroads run mile and half long freights, yet it is the largest layout I have ever built. So post up your mainline run. I'm curious to find out where we stand as an average of all our layouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba14eagle Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I reckon mine to be 65 - 70 feet give or take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Off the top of my head, I'm currently at 15 metres and will be adding another 9.5 shortly. So that sounds like I'll have a double track main run of 80 feet, which sounds like a long way to a metric man like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willo Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 i worked out mine to be 76 feet i dont think it will get any bigger though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmalesis Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I guesstimate I'll have a length in the region of about 120ft - all double track... Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I don't think I measured the length of each circuit again after adding the shed so this is what I recorded on the Selby Garden Railway website at that time: - In total, when completed it is estimated that a full circuit of the Selby Garden Railway will be approximately 130 feet in length which equates to a scale distance of about 1.87 miles. It used to take some trains more than 2 minutes to do a full circuit when running at scale speeds. Of course, it's not that long anymore Looking forward to hearing from Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Good to see everyone chiming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 Well Roy is definitely online, but he must have noticed this yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 traingeekboy said: Well Roy is definitely online, but he must have noticed this yet He'll be needing someone to hold the other end of the tape measure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I've not measured it yet, but I think I have about 58'. Definately the baby compared to you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Dave said: I've not measured it yet, but I think I have about 58'. Definately the baby compared to you guys! Well you have more than me. Last count is 16 pieces of flex so it will be around... doing math in head 16...32... 48... minus around a foot, so 47 feet of glorious outdoor running fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 traingeekboy said: Well you have more than me. Its not about size, its what you do with it! I was told that once. Can't remember the context now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Perhaps it was when you were doing Z scale trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 traingeekboy said: Perhaps it was when you were doing Z scale trains. Yeah, that must have been it! Thanks mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 Perhaps we need some more updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 75ft all double track, plus sidings in the shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I've just had to go out and measure up as I hadn't got a clue what length I'm currently at. I've got 12 feet inside the shed and 58 feet over the viaducts so Worsley Dale stands at 70 feet at the moment. Doesn't sound a lot for the amount of time its taken me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeekenderSteve Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 About 155' round the long route, comprising 75' top loop and 80' bottom loop; equivalent to about two and a quarter miles to scale. That disregards the bit off the triangle across the front of the sheds, left over from the original express circuit. If I remember right, that was just under 90', about 1.3 miles to scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietmrail Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Gee I thought I was building a huge layout, it is nothing compared to everyone else's 54ft long 30 wide, designed on the Tehachapi loop line. in California America, I have a second stage planned will go down the side of the house will make the layout wider. There is a 19ft road rail bridge planned in that section. My layout is based on single track operation with passing loops, will have three passing loops, if I ever extend the layout could add an extra passing loop and longer single same with the passing loops which is 28ft planned on this layout, nice to win the lotto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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