| N Scale Model Train Sets Prove Popular N scale model railroad layouts are growing in popularity with model railroaders. N scale model railroads have the advantage of taking up less space than the popular HO scale model railroad layouts. N scale model trains are in fact 54.5 percent the size of equivalent HO scale model trains. This means that you can build an N scale model railroad layout in an area about 30% of that area needed to build a similar model railroad layout in HO scale. With N scale model railroads a three-foot wide layout could accommodate up to a 213 scale foot radius. Being smaller, N Scale model railroad layouts allow for greater amounts of scenery to be created than would be possible on a similar HO layout. The smaller N scale model railroad layouts are also more accommodating to larger quantities of cars in a train. So, if you like the idea of long trains going through towering landscape, then an N scale model railroad layout might be what you are looking for. For more information on how to design, build, maintain and repair the model railroad set of your dreams be sure to use this helpful model railroading resource. |
| N Scale Model Railroad Club News |
Although we can't mention every N scale model railroading club, we will from
time to time feature news and activities happening at various N scale model
railroad clubs from around the world. Here is some information about a
couple of clubs:
N Scale Model Railroad Club Uses Module Concept
As the name implies, the Win N Trak Model Railway Group focus on the hobby
of model railroading in N scale (1 /160). This Winnipeg (Canada) based model
railroad club uses the international modular layout concept developed by
"NTRAK". The NTRAK concept employs standard track locations in order to
allow modules built by members to be joined together to create model railroad
layouts of various sizes and shapes.
time to time feature news and activities happening at various N scale model
railroad clubs from around the world. Here is some information about a
couple of clubs:
N Scale Model Railroad Club Uses Module Concept
As the name implies, the Win N Trak Model Railway Group focus on the hobby
of model railroading in N scale (1 /160). This Winnipeg (Canada) based model
railroad club uses the international modular layout concept developed by
"NTRAK". The NTRAK concept employs standard track locations in order to
allow modules built by members to be joined together to create model railroad
layouts of various sizes and shapes.
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Win N Trak owns several of the key components, such as the "yard", power
sources, and throttles. The yard is an important part of each setup as it allows
members to put together and store their trains between runs on the N scale
model railroad layout.
The model railroad layout takes from 2 to three hours to assemble, including
the matching and connecting of the modules, the electrical components, and
the cleaning and testing of the completed setup. Teardown, at the end of each
show, takes up to one hour.
sources, and throttles. The yard is an important part of each setup as it allows
members to put together and store their trains between runs on the N scale
model railroad layout.
The model railroad layout takes from 2 to three hours to assemble, including
the matching and connecting of the modules, the electrical components, and
the cleaning and testing of the completed setup. Teardown, at the end of each
show, takes up to one hour.
Hot Bed Of Railroad Activity For 150 Years
Fort Bend County, Texas, has been a hot bed of railroad activity for more than
150 years. These days a suburb of Houston, Fort Bend County is crossed by
some of the most active rail lines in the US, including the former-SP "Sunset
Route". Living in various communities in this area, the members of the Fort
Bend Model Railroad Club are blessed both with the opportunity to see a lot of
full-size trains in action, and to model railroads in N scale indoors as a way to
seek relief from those long hot coastal-Texas summer days.
The N scale model railroad club has a large NTRAK layout composed on
many modules, tied together by the theme of railroading in Fort Bend County
in 1951. When all the modules are used, the layout is about 40 ft. x 24 ft. in
size, with a center island with 9 12 ft. track used for staging.
Fort Bend County, Texas, has been a hot bed of railroad activity for more than
150 years. These days a suburb of Houston, Fort Bend County is crossed by
some of the most active rail lines in the US, including the former-SP "Sunset
Route". Living in various communities in this area, the members of the Fort
Bend Model Railroad Club are blessed both with the opportunity to see a lot of
full-size trains in action, and to model railroads in N scale indoors as a way to
seek relief from those long hot coastal-Texas summer days.
The N scale model railroad club has a large NTRAK layout composed on
many modules, tied together by the theme of railroading in Fort Bend County
in 1951. When all the modules are used, the layout is about 40 ft. x 24 ft. in
size, with a center island with 9 12 ft. track used for staging.
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(beginners and
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questions they wanted
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It was like opening the
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questions came in thick
and fast, including a lot
of questions on Analog
verses DCC and
advanced electronics.
Clear concise answers
to all the questions are
laid out in the Model
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| Sample Of The Model Railroad Questions That Get Answered |
If I install a larger motor
in my locomotive will I
be able to pull more
cars?
What's wrong when a
part of the track will not
work? How do I go
about fixing it?
Should I replace my
horn-hook couplers with
knuckle couplers?
What is rust-busting, a
talgo truck, "head-end"
traffic, a green wave
for freight trains?
What is meant by
"code", as in code 40
track? Is a locomotive
change-over the same
as shunting?
Which rails should I
use - brass, steel or
nickel-silver?
How do I make plastic
buildings look real? Why
do some buildings look
translucent?
Should electric feed
wires be included every
couple of feet or should
I solder rail joiners?
What is a bridge rectifier
and what does it do?
When I buy a track
switch, what is meant
by 'No. 4 turnout' or 'No.
8 turnout'?
Running techniques for
a locomotive on a
reversing loop. What
about stopping the loco
on the loop and
throwing the switch?
What is a decoder and
can I run an analog
locomotive on a DCC
system without a
decoder?
in my locomotive will I
be able to pull more
cars?
What's wrong when a
part of the track will not
work? How do I go
about fixing it?
Should I replace my
horn-hook couplers with
knuckle couplers?
What is rust-busting, a
talgo truck, "head-end"
traffic, a green wave
for freight trains?
What is meant by
"code", as in code 40
track? Is a locomotive
change-over the same
as shunting?
Which rails should I
use - brass, steel or
nickel-silver?
How do I make plastic
buildings look real? Why
do some buildings look
translucent?
Should electric feed
wires be included every
couple of feet or should
I solder rail joiners?
What is a bridge rectifier
and what does it do?
When I buy a track
switch, what is meant
by 'No. 4 turnout' or 'No.
8 turnout'?
Running techniques for
a locomotive on a
reversing loop. What
about stopping the loco
on the loop and
throwing the switch?
What is a decoder and
can I run an analog
locomotive on a DCC
system without a
decoder?
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