Edition:
Second
Author:
Carl Arendt
Published:
2002
Pages:
32
Type:
softbound
A collection of 52 very small model railroad designs.
Chapter
Page
Title / Description
3
Introduction
Why build a micro layout?
1
4
Secrets of Designing Micro Layouts
The author shows how he designed a 9"x48" HO-scale layout based on the scenic Cass, West Virginia for a logging line that uses a Shay locomotive.
2
8
"Pointless" Layouts that Make a Point
Layouts that do not use turnouts ("points" in British English). Introduces the author 's One Squary Foot Gn15 layout, including the design diagram.
3
10
Micro Layouts Based on Real Places
Erick, Oklahoma; Attersee, Austria; Pentewan Harbor, Cornwall, England; Duffield Bank Railway (1890); Pier Tramway; Mt. Albert Tramway (New Zealand). Shows how the author started work on his One Squary Foot Gn15 layout.
4
13
Bookshelf Lines Built for Action
5
17
"Honey, I Shrunk the Timesaver!"
6
19
Roundabouts for Continuous Running
7
24
Industrial Lines - Smallest of the Small
8
26
Lines Mixed with a Dash of Whimsy
9
29
Micro Layouts for Special Purposes