Guys,
It just occurred to me that my scale RR, when built, will encompass
about 2.42 scale miles of track. Check my math, please. I'll need
about 200' of running track, not including sidings and spurs.
200 X 64 (our scale is 1:64) = 12,800'. 12,800 / 5,280 (# of feet in a
mile) = 2.42 scale miles (I get the same results when I use 3/16" to
the foot). Just where can a prototype RR go in 2.42 miles - one small
1950's town to another? Around where I live is a yard that must be
almost 2 miles long. So I guess the idea in scale work then is to 1)
either pretend the layout is bigger than it actually is or 2) confine
our efforts to a simple point-to-point operation and model it well.
Taking #1, it shouldn't be too much more of a stretch to let the "big
hand in the sky" do uncoupling or manual switch throws. Also, one
would have to pretend that the train is "seeing" "new" scenery with
every run of the loop. Again, I'm trying to establish a standard in my
little head. Do I "get" it, or am I missing a basic point? Thanks.
Tim Brown
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