W
elcome aboard the newly resurrected The Lite and
Narrow. To give you, the reader, a glimpse into what
we will be exploring over time, I would like to give
you an idea of what I am modeling and how I got there.
I am, first and foremost, an Eastern narrow gauge modeler with
HO being my scale of choice. I do have other projects that I
am working on in standard gauge HO and assist with the On30
layout that my club is building for display. I have also built an S
scale layout for an individual and a small HO layout for another
individual.
This will be the sixth layout that I have built for myself. Some
never developed much past the benchwork stage, while others
became operational (see
Railroad Model Craftsman,
October
1987). After several years of development the layout featured
in this article was found to have some operational problems
that were difficult to overcome, especially in the pre-DCC days.
Lack of planning also created difficulties in the best use of
The Lite and Narrow column
by Larry Smith, MMR
Fifty years of ideas in one layout ...
Evolution of my Railroad
Ramblings on Narrow Gauge
and Branchline Modeling
The Lite and Narrow Column - 1
MRH-Nov 2013
