| At their most basic level, model railroad
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| | freight trains to
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| layouts are simple circles and ovals that
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| | perform their normal functions, while
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| | the express is speeding from terminal to
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| would fit onto a 4x6 sheet of
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| | terminal.In a good-sized layout, scenery
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| plywood.These simple track layouts are
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| | can handle part of this problem. The
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| easy to set up and relatively
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| | express can
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| inexpensive, but they
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| | rush into a tunnel, where the operator
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| aren't really very realistic. After all,
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| | stops it. He then carries on other
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| with the exception of kids' rides at the
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| | railroad
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| amusement park, how many trains have you
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| | business to his heart's content and,
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| ever seen that just go around in
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| | when it is completed, makes his express
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| circles?The Point-to-Point LayoutReal
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| | rush
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| railroads go from one place to another
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| | out of the other end of the tunnel as if
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| place. They may have sidings, branch
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| | it had been traveling hundreds of miles
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| lines, and other subsidiary systems, but
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| | all
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| the main line starts at one point,
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| | the time.A small layout, however, cannot
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| travels to
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| | adopt even this illusion because a small
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| another point, and stops.Trains are
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| | railway has
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| turned around at terminals by means of
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| | no room for two genuine terminals.The
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| extensive yards, wyes, loops, and
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| | Out-and-Home LayoutThe out-and-home
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| turntables, but the main line, whether
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| | layout solves part of this problem - it
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| double-track or single-track, goes from
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| | has only one terminal.
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| point
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| | This is really a point-to-point system
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| to point. There are switches and yards
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| | doubled back on itself.You have a
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| at one end, and a turnaround of some sort
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| | terminal. You send the train out and it
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| at
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| | travels through farmland and
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| the other.Despite the point-to-point
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| | forest, through villages and mountains,
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| model railroad's resemblance to real
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| | and finally arrives at a terminal. It
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| railroad lines, it
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| | just
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| is'nt very successful on a model
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| | happens to be the same terminal it
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| railroad.True, in some very large model
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| | started from, but you can easily pretend
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| systems the point-to-point plan has been
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| | that it
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| used, but
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| | isn't.This system gives you a little
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| in most cases the model railroad cannot
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| | more mileage between terminals than the
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| possibly approximate the distance
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| | point-to-
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| traveled
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| | point system, but in most model
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| by a real railroad.If you had the entire
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| | railroads the train arrives back home
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| Madison Square Garden for your layout,
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| | before you
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| you still wouldn't be
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| | have been able to do much, unless you
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| able to duplicate, in scale mileage, a
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| | use the tunnel or other method of hiding
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| reasonable point-to-point railroad. In
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| | the
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| normal
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| | train that is supposed to be
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| model railroads, the train hardly leaves
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| | traveling.While more adaptable to model
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| one terminal before it has arrived at the
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| | railroads than point-to-point, it still
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| end
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| | presents many
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| of the line.No time is allowed for
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| | problems except on very large layouts.
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| switching operations at the terminals for
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