Hello All
Here is the plan for my Union Pacific layout. Room is 22 X 14. No duckunders. This will be about my 6th layout but the first one in our new home.
Steve
Whale, LION thinks ewe have created a workable plan. Good Luck with it and with your new home too.
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Great plan.
I have to say that UP has my loyalty for obvious reasons.
How does your track plan mirror UP operation, as compared to other Railroad companies?
I have been starting the splines. First I printed out the plan with a 6" grid on it. Then placed a nail along the centerline of the tracks on the bench framing.
then clamp the splines to the nails and glue another piece. Stagger the joints. I think I will end up with six laminations.
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Some progress.
Ok summer is over. too dark outside. Back to the layout.
I hope to have the main lines running by the end of winter.
It looks like it is going to be a very nice layout. I like the trackplan. Please keep us updated on your progress.
Is the bend roadbed cork or did u cut that out of wood?
Indeed very good. I wish I had done continuous run with staging. I have the space ... I just was dumb.
Steve:
Your layout is coming along nicely.
Can I ask how high it is off the floor, and do you intend to run it from a sitting or standing position? The height of the office chair suugests that the track will be just below eye level when you are sitting.
Thanks.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
one of the better plans I have seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
operate standing up. Rail heights are between 49" and 54"max. to the floor. I am 6'4" tall so it is low to me. I want the trains to be closer to eye level. Be in the scene not looking down on it.
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Finally adding risers to the roadbed.
Thinking of making changes. This plan saves the yard and has a more linear feel to it. Shallower grades 1.1% or less. I am currently only at the benchwork stage and the rework will not be that great. What do you think of the new plan?
Not enough walkway room, don't go below 30" or you will not bhe happy as you shuffle though the layout sideways.
I will look at the tight areas. i can make the area at the top near the main yard 30". along the bottom I can make 30" also. there is going to have to be three 24" pinch points that I see.
Thanks for the input.
If you have one operator 30 inch aisles are OK. If you have more than one, you should be very close friends with them because it will get tight. In most cases the aisles are not as wide as they are drawn. Switch linkages/controls, control panels, throttle holders, car card pockets, train registers, hooks for clipboards for train lists, phones, radios, etc., etc. intrude into the aisle space. I had nominal 36 inch aisles and I went to a lot of trouble to recess all the controls and car card boxes into the fascia (the "clean cab" approach) with only throttle holders and a few clip board hooks intruding into the aisle space. My current layout will have nominal 44-48" aisles, with a couple narrow spts down to 36".
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
I have given up on the splines. Here are some progress pics.
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Working on some profile boards.