Ideas for Zigzag Model Railways
, Bo Justusson
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icro
layouts
Zigzags can be useful especially for very small layouts. One can have two stations and a track between them with a substantial running distance. Layout size can be from 30x120 cm in N scale (1x4 feet), and 50x150 cm in H0.
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roto-
types
The zigzag lines described on my other pages can inspire to create micro layouts. Of course, one can only depict a small part. Click the buttons to see sketchy images. Takes some time to load all images, see below.
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odify
You can select different images for different parts of the layout sketch. It is divided in four sections from left to right A/B/C/D and Upper/Lower/Front.
A. Upper
forest + track
mountain + track
B.
forest + tracks
river + bridges
mountain + tracks
mountain + viaducts
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forest + tracks
mountain + tracks
mountain + tunnel
mountain + viaducts
D. Upper
forest + track
forest + station
mountain + track
logging site
forest + industry
mountain + mine
castle (on cliff!)
A. Lower
single track
station, forest
station, mountain
sawmill
harbour
BC. Front
no track, green
no track, grey
no track, river
track, green
track, grey
track, river
D. Lower
forest
mountain
cliff
forest + track
mountain + track
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inks
Micro layouts
denotes very small layouts, usually 30x120 cm (1x4 feet) or smaller. The term was introduced by Carl Arendt. He has collected many such layouts on his website and in his book, see
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Micro Layouts for Model Railroads
(carendt.com)
OneTRAK
is a standard for N-scale modules that connect to each other with one track only.
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Read about OneTRAK at Northern Virginia NTRAK
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ub
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Zigzag Railways - Start Page
Last updated 19 January 2003
