Here i want to present one new freeware program for track planning and layout design. If its inconvenient to connect a computer to your layout, you could ask a friend to program black modules for you. Join lionel for great tips and tricks when building your own model train layout. Filling almost a 10 feet by 10 feet space, you now can start adding accessories, create sidings or a rail yard, even have a small town.
Anyrail is probably the easiesttouse model railway design tool around. See more ideas about train layouts, model trains, model train layouts. See more ideas about model train layouts, model trains and train layouts. Anyrail is a featured track designer software for windows. Rrtrack v5 is the answer for all your toy or model train layout design headaches.
This layout designers table provides a handy guide to straight fastrack lengths from 1 38 to 10 inches that can be made up from available fastrack sections. The staging track is design as a loop with four yard tracks next to each other. With scarm you can easily create the layout of your dreams. O gauge, 5 x 10 table layout running 2 trains at the same time. Knowing how the pieces interrelate is important to planning and building a fastrack layout. Build an o gauge fastrack train layout in 5 minutes classic toy. There is no need to move pins around as the patented center halfpin allows for. When i was a kid, the only lionel i was aware of was my moms from when she was a kid. Lionel 12018 fastrack 036 manual switch right hand. It includes different tracks which include aristocraft, lionel, playmobil, sunset valley railroad, mamod, accucraft, peco, heyn, theil, etc object libraries.
A quick glance at the manual and youre off and running. The fastrack system is catching on because it is packed with all current lionel train sets. When designing and building your fastrack layout, there is often a need to make specific lengths made up of several fastrack sections. It was in poor shape, so i was not allowed to play with it. Lionel 12015 fastrack 036 curved track 8 pieces per circle category.
Therefore, lionel has designed a multitude of track pieces to meet almost any need. Scarm the leading design software for model railroad layouts. We feature lionel, american flyer, mth, atlas o, williams trains, kline, weaver models, and more. This episode covers how to minimize noise from your running train using carpet under your track. Adding new components is easy with the builtin editor. This layout designers table provides a handy guide to all lengths from 1 38 to 10 inches that can be made up from available fastrack sections. Lionel fastrack super deluxe track pack the perfect track layout with room to build on to it. Trains descend from the main level along the top wall from right to left. Track 20142015 power lionel trains customer services.
Items depicted in this catalog are subject to change in price, color, size, design, and availability. Fastrack fastrack, introduced in 2002, has become lionels primary track line and is now standard in all lionel train sets. Libraries for many brands, scales and gauges of track and turnoutspoints and model structures are included. Scarm means simple computer aided railway modeller software for easy and precise design of model train layouts and railroad track plans. Lionel has three types of o gauge track fastrack, o, and o27. Finally, i think youll also enjoy a brief overview of trackplanning terms, tips, and techniques that should make it. Any value no value o threerail o gauge s gauge american flyer size and its subvalues if any. Either way, this layout design gives you enough to start building your railroad empire. I have never gotten around to buying layout design software. The library of this freeware comes with a large number of tracks and objects. Anyrail the easiest model railroad design software. It runs on windows, mac and linux, restore anchors for create curve.
Grzyboskis train store is pennsylvanias largest lionel dealer and specializes in lionel train sets and accessories and other fine manufacturers like american flyer and kline. I want the most intuitive, comprehensive, and easiest to use track planning software for lionel fastrack. Unfollow lionel fastrack to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The design also called for staging track to hold a few other long trains. Lionel fastrack 10 inch straight power terminal train fasttrack fast track 612016 by lionel 4. The scenery is there mainly as an example of how the layout can be decorated, and individuals can determine their own scenery and accessories. We feature lionel, american flyer, mth, atlas o, williams trains, k. Any type model train accessory bridge trestle track all subtypes of the selected type will also be shown restrict scale to. It is the first complete new track system lionel has introduced since 1957, and has rapidly gained popularity due to its ease of assembly, good looks, and large variety of available pieces.
From the beginning, the lionel fastrack modular railroad has been a joint effort between lionel l. Fastrack layouts whether youre looking to switch up your sgauge layout or are creating your first one, here are some track design ideas for your train table. Lionel has three types of o gauge track fastrack, o, and o27 fastrack fastrack, introduced earlier this decade, has become lionels primary track line and is now standard in all lionel train sets. Just gearing up to start building a nice permanent layout and want to get a software package to design my set. Lionel fastrack 40 x 60 oval to annas siding layout addonpack has all the track needed to take an existing 40 x 60 oval and turn it into a annas siding layout you do need. Rrtrack software with the correct libraries is great for planning in both o and standard gauge for me. Scarm means simple computer aided railway modeller software for easy. The key concept when working with fastrack is knowing the anglesall of the curves and crossings except o48 curves work off of angles of 90, 45, 22. Which track planning software is best for fastrack. Was wondering what program people have used for lionel o track not o27. Keep up the great work and thank you for a great program. It is far superior to the old knuckle buster tubular track o27 brown ties and o black ties tubular track. A fast, easy and free way to plan a layout with realistic constraints. Fullyassembled new 3packs make modeling a complete train easy accurately painted and.
Was wondering what program people have used for lionel o track not o27 or fast track. A quick, super easy and free method to plan a layout with realistic constraints using layout design software called anyrail. In february of 2012, the lionel collectors club of america lcca formed a committee to take on the task of designing standards for a fastrack module layout system. It works well on carpet, hardwood or any flat surface. Lionel o kline superstreets lionel s american flyer lionel s fastrack. Using the free legacy system utility software and a black legacy writable utility module 637125, you can download the legacy 1. We build a 5 x 9foot o gauge train layout using lionel fastrack in five minutes in this timelapse video from classic toy trains magazine. Just download the setup package, install it and start editing your first track plan. Look in classic toy trains and o gauge railroading for a link to their website.
Lionel o gauge layout design software model railroader. Unfollow lionel fastrack layout to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Along with the modified plan, ill share some of the key considerations i made before attempting the task. Scarm simple computer aided railway modeller it has lightweight and intuitive user interface, 3d viewing capabilities and many other cool functions and features, plus almost all lionel track systems buildin. Whether youre looking to switch up your sgauge layout or are creating your first one, here are some track design ideas for your train table or under your tree. In this book, the author of the big book of lionel presents the first complete guide to the fastrack system. Search it for railway layouts and railroad track plans by scale, size, tracks and other criteria. For those of you using fastrack, which software program is your goto favorite and why.
Lionel fastrack super deluxe track pack layout design. Shoe in track pack 11 x 12 o gauge train layout design. By drawing the layout at 1 1 on large sheets of computer paper, a good idea of what will be fun and what will fit in. Powerful model railroad track planning editor for easy and precise design of scaled. The loop lets trains change direction while on the lower level. I have used a number of other software both paid and free. The basic technique we used in designing our layout was to take out an old fashioned track template and a handful of sharp pencils. No more templates to struggle with, no messy erasing and scribbling, no emergency table extensions propped on sawhorses, no last second hacking of the xmas tree, just pop up the menus off this fully graphical software in the gauge of your choice and plan away. Its also entirely independent, so you can build with almost any track. When lionel introduced its new fastrack system in 2004, model train enthusiasts quickly warmed to the increased realismright down to the integrated roadbed and darkened center railand the greater ease of use.
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