Find out if your layout will
work before you build it
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1. When Joe Fugate designed his HO Siskiyou Line,
he used some track planning formulas adapted
from a 1960’s
Model Railroader
article by Dr. Roy
F. Dohn. In this article, Joe presents the updated
formulas he used, so you too can take these
formulas and evaluate your track plans.
Layout design assessment - 1
assessment formulas
by Joe Fugate
Photos by the author
Y
o
u’ve just located
two published track
plans that both fit the
space you have, and they’re
both for one of your favor-
ite roads. But, you wonder,
MRH-Oct 2014
