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Engine Facilities and Classification Yards
Posted by rtimma on Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:58 PM

I'm looking for information and detailed drawings to help design a medium size steam engine maintenance facility and medium size classification yard. Any suggestions of sources - book, WEB sites, etc,

Will be used in designing a Hi-Rail layout (about 700 square feet) as the main theme for our farm oriented 2 room bed and breakfast. Hpe to run both TMCC and DCS equipment on minimum 72in curves.

Hidden Depot Farms Bed and Breakfast

Thanks[:)]

rtimma
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 25, 2004 10:41 AM
rtimma (Timmeh!),

Explore some of the "Prototype" links on my webpage (see signature). Here are a couple to get you started:

"Freight Yards" http://www.gatewaynmra.org/frt-yard.htm

"Yard Design" http://www.housatonicrr.com/yard_des.html
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 25, 2004 12:44 PM
Check out John Armstrong's "Track Planning for Realistic Operation"

He talks about both of those types of yards and lots of other stuff in the book.

Tony
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 25, 2004 11:10 PM
Try a particular yard of the road you intend to model. In my personal experience, here are some good ones: Conway yard (Pittsburgh, PA) still has a roundhouse and operating turntable, and not so long ago had two humps. Oak Island ( Newark, NJ) has an operating turntable also as well as a HUGE hump yard. Camden, NJ has a smaller classification yard and a small engine service area, but it is very industrial with a small car repair shop attatched. For passenger trains you can't beat Sunnyside Yard in New York. It has tunnels, reversing loops, a car wash and two possibilites for an engine house. The old enginehouse on the northside where the GG1's were serviced, or the new engine service area which now handles AEM-7's, HHP-8's and Genisis units, as well as a car repair facility on the side. Good luck with your adventure.

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