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Unwritten Rules.

Some unwritten rules: (tongue in cheek though not for the purists who will possibly cringe at them)

As far as I am concerned it's each to his own after all we should all be railway modellers in our own way and respect those that may not agree with us.

Here are those:

Building A New Model Railway Layout

So you are thinking about setting up a model railway? It is surprising how many do at one time or another.

The purpose of this article is to give an insight how a model railway can be built, and to explain what you need to think about.

Some Basics Here:

Gauges and Scales of My Model Railways

Gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up the railway track. With the earlier 3 rail systems you use the outer rails.

Scale is the size of the model compared the actual 'real life' locomotive.

Travis, Skipton & LGB

TRAVIS as you will see is a barge, so what is it doing in the model railway section.

To quote Andy "We're down in Skipton for the festival weekend again this year. I have an LGB garden railway that I set up on Travis's cabin roof when at rallies".