Toan-F'ro

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Toan-F'ro is a very small layout of a town tram line and it's terminus.

The board measures 18" x 5".

This was a very quick build, under seven days, and was inspired after seeing a OO tram layout at an exhibition in a relatively small space. I already had all the required track pieces, and the buildings were from an uncompleted project which gave me a good start!

The small fiddle yard is incorporated into the layout sitting behind the right side's front section. It's just one oint and two straights that areough to hold a single car tram. The little terminus station has two lines with a platform between them. All the points are operated via the wire-in-tube method from the rear of the layout.

All the buildings are low relief Metcalfe kits, two sets of the town shops plus the bank and shop set. The only piece of green on the layout is small tree in a planter in the centre of the layout with benches around it.

All the buildings are fitted with lights and street lamps are connected to the same system.

Kato Hirohima style trams are used for running on the layout, but only the front motorised cars of the two car sets. It is possible to operate with three trams, making use of the fiddle yard and front storage siding.