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No. not what you're thinking! but does anybody else model french metre gauge railways or tramways,simply for exchange of information

Mike

Thankyou Paul your reply clarifies everything!

mike

I buy loads of old postcards from ebay (france) They're only about £1 each and the postage is cheap to. Good source of info for historical lines!

Had a good Christmas so far?

Mike

and some more pics all from around 1910







mike

Of course the research and the photos become the patterns for my buildings on my layout. One more interesting fact is that the french always put a layer of sand/gravel mix over the ballast (because most lines ran through the towns and villages and it made it safer for the cyclists/horses). This has ...

For those of you that mught be interested this is about my project; The French Railway system was initially built to link up all the big cities with Paris and the many companies were not interested (lack of profit?) in providing local services. In 1865 a law passed allowing each Department (The equi...

Dr Who for me as well
Mike

Merry Christmas to All.

That tunnel length is ideal; long enough to be believable but short enough to recover anything. No prob with R/C?

Mike

Nice one but I would like it a bit longer. A short one like that would have been a cutting!

Mike

Yes I can see problems with a long tunnel. My track will be an elongated 'dogbone' with the straight at a two platform station and the two 'circles' at each end will give it some character. I thought perhaps putting in a short tunnel under some conifers but maybe i should rethink that?

Mike

Wasn't planning one. Will just have to lie down and haul it out!
I would like to have a short tunnel basically for the effect but i wondered whether there was a restriction for the signal

Mike

Hi. First question from a newbie. I want to radio control my locos using the excellent stuff from Brian Jones, my question is;If I want to build a tunnel on my layout what is the maximum length it could be before losing the signal ( there will be no live track to take over)

Mike