Layout Design Journal (LDJ)
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(Numbers 8-13 were LDNs, see LDN page)
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(Numbers 15-16 were LDNs, see LDN page)
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(Number 18 was an LDN, see LDN page)
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(Number 20 was an LDN, see LDN page)
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 LDJ-31 December 2004 (36 pgs $5.00) The Akron Triangle; HO Scale Chicago Burlington " Quincy; History of the K-Line; N Scale Burlington Northern Santa Fe; N Scale Layout Design Challenge; Innovation, Change and Philosophy; The LDSIG Layout Tour at PSX2004; The Lifetime Layout.
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 LDJ-32 April 2005 (32 pgs $5.00) On the Streets of San Francisco with the Ocean Shore Railroad, Big Changes at the Chicago Champaign & Southern, Kirkwood Junction Layout Design Element (LDE), LDSIG Tour Layouts at CL2005, Bay Area LDSIG OpSIG Regional Meet.
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 LDJ-33 December 2005 (32 pgs $5.00) Rock Work for Wind River Canyon, N Scale Layout Design Challenge Results with plans by David Voorhees, Paul Miklos, John Young and Robert N. Reid, The New N Scale Hannibal Subdivision.
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 LDJ-34 May 2006 (32 pgs $5.00) Brian Good's Layout Design Challenge, West Chemical LDE, Prototype Based Layout Design & Operation on John Breau's Great Northern Railway, Creating Stairwells for Passenger Station Platforms, Modeling PRR's Chesapeake Region.
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 LDJ-35 December 2006 (56 pgs $5.00) Layouts from the 2006 NMRA Convention, Design Enhancement Ideas and Observations from 2006 SIG layout tour, Mine Run Shifters, Coal Tipple Yards and Track Plans, Kaymoor Coal Mine, Planning the Midland Pacific, Theatrical Layout Design.
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 LDJ-36 August 2007 (52 pgs $5.00) Shelf layout design for Indiana freelanced shortline, preview of Mindheim's CSX East Rail (GMR 2007), freelanced WWII C&O branch, LDE: Chemical Plant, Creating a sense of race: "Jim Crow" era layout design; 1970s FEC Brevard Division, Signaling design considerations.
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 LDJ-37 January 2007 (52 pgs $5.00) Housatonic Evolution, Evolution of Manual Turnout Controls, Change on the Pennsylvania Southern, Layout Lessons Learned, Lessons from a Pennsy Layout, Prototype or Freelance?, Battery Powered Radio Controlled Locomotives, Bicycle Wheel Reverser, Google SketchUp!, Researching Rail Industries, Detroit Convention photos.
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 LDJ-38 August 2008 (52 pgs $5.00) Vertical Musings, The Case for Unbuilt Designs, The Evolution of a Layout Design, Three Layout Design Elements for a High Self Layout, Mark Dance's N scale Columbia & Western Mushroom, An Inverted Mushroom from Germany, Make Your Own Vertical Staging Traverser, Ideas for How to Extend Your Layout Horzontally by Going Vertical, A Set of Stacked Remote New York Harbor Yards, Mechnaized Lift-Up Device, Bay Area Meet 2008 Report, Bruce Metcalf Honored, LDSIG News |
 LDJ-39 November 2008 (68 pgs $5.00) Richard Benjamin's PRR Beford Division Mushroom 1982 - 1987, Arne Warf, Cheap Control Panel, Cement Quay, Union Pacific's Cascade Division in N scale, Portraying the Right-of-Way on Neal Schorr's Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, The Next Generation of Layout Designer, The Bellinadrop - A New Paradigm in Turnback Loops, Some Thoughts on the V&O Story - More than Good Enough, How to Think About Layout Shelf Width, Book Review: Exhibit Labels, Electric Wires, President's Comments, Anaheim Impressions - NMRA Convention 2008, Upcoming LDSIG Events |
LDJ-1 September 1982 (22 pgs. $2.00) Armstrong's Canandaigua Southern. Layout Design Discussion Topics. '82 NMRA National Convention. "Prime source modeling".
LDJ-2 March 1983 (44 pgs. $4.00) New England Berkshire & Western handout. Plans of Cat Mountain & SF and the Midwest Railroad Modelers' club. Staging. MR's layout planning contest. Loco roster planning. Walk-in plan review. Modeling urban, big-time railroading.
LDJ-3 March 1984 (44 pgs $4.00) Two and three deck layouts. Allegheny Midland staging. Realistic industrial switching. Tehachapi track plan. Visitor analysis of 12+ top layouts. Small space ideas. Roster development.
LDJ-4 January 1985 (44 pgs. $4.00) Staging track design on many layouts. Analyzing layout handouts. Four innovative staging loop arrangements. Team tracks and engine terminals. Case for large industries. Track planning insights of a pro. Multi-deck and multi-era layouts. Layout designs for TH&B, PRSL, LV, CN, D&RGW, and PRR.
LDJ-5 March 1986 (52 pgs. $4.00) Modeling site-specific prototype operation. Night operation. Planning the Allegheny Midland's staging. Other fiddle and staging ideas. Layout visits to Atlantic Great Eastern, PRR in Philly, Canadian Northwestern. Modeling mountain railroading: helpers; UP's Sherman Hill; SP's Sacramento Div.; Kettle Canyon Ry. Engine terminal-plus-staging layouts.
LDJ-6 July 1986 (8 pgs. $1.00) Boston NMRA Convention events. Harvard's world class museum about forest evolution and management, with illustrations.
LDJ-7 June 1992 (80 pgs. $9.00) Freight Yard Design Theme. Benefits and opportunities of freight yards. John Armstrong 1955 MR Reprints - Prototype and Model Yards; 1992 Epilogue. Yard Throats. Five Rules. A Design Primer. Crossovers. Modeling SP, D&H, and BN Yards. Simulating Yard Jobs.
LDJ-14 Spring 1996 (36 pgs $5.00) Randy Anderson's Huntingdon & Broad Top. Track planning for a 12x12 room. Testing design choices at SIG gatherings. The case for long trains. Helix design and alternatives: A Primer, a rebuilt helix, a multi-route helix, stacked staging and a helix, helix feedback. Shallow mini-scenes. Illustrating specific seasons: November; Springtime. Scenic design and modeling principles. Prototype naming and herald design. Commentaries on MRP vs. SIG publications. SIG Annual Report.
LDJ-17 Summer 1997 (36 pgs $5.00) Adapting Armstrong freelance belt line design to a prototype: Flagg's New Jersey Junction. Layout design for helper operations. Follow-up on Helix design issues. Layout lessons learned from John Allen. Portable containers as a space for a layout. Design choices borne out on Fugate's SP Siskiyou line. Proposed vision, mission, and goals for the LDSIG. Letter exchange: freelance vs. prototype layouts.
LDJ-19 Winter 1998 (52 pgs $5.00) Schafer's Illinois & St. Louis railroad: layout handout and newsletter. Zugelter's Chesapeake & Ohio: design and operations. Constructing a layout room for Fortin's Sierra Western & Santa Fe. Owen, WI on Storzek's Wisconsin Central as a Layout Design Element. Starter layout from a 4X8 sheet. Gurin editorial: "Shakespeare was a prototype freelancer". Fugate on "Using your design". Answers: Portable layout buildings. Letters: Philosophy of design; comments on Model Railroad Planning '98. Kansas City Convention plans. (Issue includes news supplement LDJ-19A).
LDJ-21 Fall 1998 (44 pgs $5.00) Multi-deck design for a freelanced Chicago belt line RR in a garage. Layout planning through analysis. Update on Schafer's Illinois & St. Louis -- thoughts on plausible freelancing. Gurin on layout orientation ideas: mileposts; "smile"posts; and naming. Open questions on orientation. Domino designs sampler. Observations on design and reliability. Duck-under handrails. Bob Schleicher honored at KC convention. Online layout design editorial and websites. Letters: Brewery information; Orientation; Sharp curve benefits; Nicollet Ave.; more.
LDJ-22 Winter 1999 (44 pgs $5.00) California auto plant as a Layout Design Element: design and operation. Belt Lines and Terminal Railroads: Update on Flagg's New Jersey Jct.; Info sources for Belt Line modeling; reprint of Armstrong on Belt Lines. Gurin on orientation within scenes. Layout space: "Do-it-yourself" outbuilding for a WP layout; Basement designed to fit a PRR track plan; Inheriting an outbuilding. Vision and modeling. Design possibilities with operating drawbridge. Layout design for signals. Space-saving upper-deck benchwork. Reader's letters: Layout analysis pro and con; Lighting costs; Comments on reliability; more.
LDJ-23 Winter 2000 (44 pgs $5.00) McLaughlin on using the prototype as a "reality" check for a modern shortline layout, the Arkansas Midland in HO in 200 sq. ft. 2-foot aisles: questioning the conventional wisdom. Replicating LIRR freight scenes and jobs. Design insights from operations on an O/On3 proto-freelanced layout. Koester replaces AM with multi-deck NKP layout. Design lessons learned from NMRA Northstar '99: innovative multi-decks; moveable benchwork; multi-aisle scenery; backdrop techniques; highway crossing ideas; visitor orientation; ergonomics of layout height; pre-wiring for signals; sectional benchwork; layout lighting; more. Upcoming activities at San Jose '00. Reader's letters: Follow-ups on Auto Plant LDE; fabric valances; foam benchwork.
LDJ-24 Spring 2000 (36 pgs $5.00) Lifetime Conrail in NJ layout planned before the space. Bedroom-sized multideck Reading branch layout. Prototype Layout Design Elements (LDEs) inspire 1910s Michigan copper hauler. Wisconsin paper mill as LDE or small shelf switching layout. Conceptual layout design with building block "flashcards". Observations on modeling industries - scenery, rolling stock, procedures. Are lower backdrop heights unrealistic? Hand lay staging turnouts? Operator templates and other aisle planning tips. Book review: Iain Rice's Small, Smart, and Practical Track Plans. Reader's letters: Aisle width planning; LIRR layout concerns.
LDJ-25 Winter 2001 (44 pgs $5.00) Mountain railroading focus: SIG feedback refines '30s-era Southern Pacific Natron (OR) Cutoff; Gurin on modeling mountain railroading; Mountain curve superelevation; Grade profile design. Backdrop innovation: the concept of no horizon. Modelgenic features of 1990s freight yard. Ergonomics ideas from US Navy documents. Design lessons from San Jose 2000 NMRA Convention and Train Show. San Jose lessons revise one member's design assumptions. Editorial: Prototype and freelance -- a palette, not a dichotomy. SIG activities at San Jose.
LDJ-26 Spring 2001 (44 pgs $5.00) Terminal, industrial, and urban railroading focus: Ventura County Railway, a shortline with big time connections (includes trackplans in HO and N); Dave and Linda Sand's Cedar River Terminal, an industrial railroad designed for operations; Proto-freelanced Reading Harbor Terminal shares a home office. Track / Industry Maps (e.g. CLIC/SPINS/ZTS) as track planning tools; Modeling ideas from ZTS; Large industry modeling via SPINS; Using SPINS to design coking plant LDE. Readers' letters: Published trackplan accuracy concerns; SP in Oregon feedback; Horizons; Mountain railroading; Hand-lay staging?; Prototype vs. freelance; San Jose ideas.
LDJ-27 Autumn 2002 (28 pgs $5.00) Garage location focus: Design principles for layouts in garages; "Bay Window" on the Bear Creek & South Jackson; Optional approaches to increase garage layout design flexibility; Multi-level layout design: a call for input; Multi-level benchwork; Book report: "Model Railroad Track and Layout;" Product overview: Central Valley switch kits; New track planning tools; One great idea: circuit box placement.
LDJ-28 Spring 2003 (32 pgs $5.00) Linking Unconnected Decks with Operations and Staging; Northern Pacific Grays Harbor Branch; 2003 National and Regional Conventions.
LDJ-29 January 2004 (44 pgs $5.00) Design Lessons Learned From Maple Leaf 2003 Layout Tours; Layout Design Challenge: 2 Car Garage; Another Angle on an Urban Switching Layout; Big CNW Power in a Small Space; The Wyoming Rail Link; The Chicago, Champaign and Southern.
LDJ-30 June 2004 (32 pgs $5.00) Bay Area Layout Design Challenge: The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad; Layout Design Challenge Results: Midwestern Branchline, Point to Point with Interchange, Norfolk and Western, Garage Layout in its Own Room; Refining the Wyoming Rail Link; 2004 Bay Area Meet.
