Hey again, I orgianlly posted a while ago asking for some feedback on an initial design for a layout. ( http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/281304.aspx).
Believe it or not, we've actually come up with a little over 20 different designs since then and thrown them all out due to various reasons. We've finally settled on a design (and a lot of comprimises) however I still really want to stuff a wye into this layout. Any ideas of where/how to hide one in here? The bench work on the picture isn't laid in yet, but there should be ample room for walkways etc.
https://i.ibb.co/g9KY0Yt/New-Layout.jpg
How large are the grid squares in your design diagram?
Modeling an HO gauge freelance version of the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and the Utah Railway around 1957 in a world where Pirates from the Great Salt Lake founded Ogden, UT.
- Photo album of layout construction -
Just curious why you want a wye.
To turn trains around so that all you need is a sub end tail?
Or, a way for trains coming up the tail end to enter the mailine from either direction?
Rich
Alton Junction
Instead of a wye, you could extend one of the sidings on your penninsula through the view block and join the main on the other side. You'd need to make it a reversing section but that should be doable with a little thought. J.R.
GMTRacing Instead of a wye, you could extend one of the sidings on your penninsula through the view block and join the main on the other side. You'd need to make it a reversing section but that should be doable with a little thought. J.R.
Or does he simply want a wye for the sake of having a wye?
It's not clear why he wants a wye.
Why Aye!
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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rrinker Why Aye! --Randy
To wye, or not to wye, tell me why not!
Excuse the squiggly red line, my first attempt at this.
New-Layout by WC4ever, on Flickr
Mike.
My You Tube
why not create two reversing sections allowing trains in either direction to be turned?
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
An extra track (running right to left) connecting the main line near the structures shown in black to the main line above the structures shown in orange would create a reversing loop that would allow entire trains to be reversed quite easily.
Hornblower
mbinsewi To wye, or not to wye, tell me why not! Excuse the squiggly red line, my first attempt at this. New-Layout by WC4ever, on Flickr Mike.
gregc why not create two reversing sections allowing trains in either direction to be turned?
Thanks all for the replies. Essentially it boils down to my father wanting a wye. He'd like to turn engines without putting a round house in, and wants to run passenger trains with observation cars etc.
I think the one post with the red drawing is the only logical place to put it. I know I didn't show it on the rough plan, but the main passenger terminal is on the right with the smaller passenger terminal being just NW of the paper mill area.
Onewolf How large are the grid squares in your design diagram?
24" sorry I forgot to mention that. Size of the layout comes out to be 23' x 16'
Contrails Onewolf How large are the grid squares in your design diagram? 24" sorry I forgot to mention that. Size of the layout comes out to be 23' x 16'
Hi Onewolf,
The following link should show you my take on what you have done. You would need to modify the "west sidings" to accomodate a suitable radius. This would also enable you to turn trains from both directions,
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1y2Aen3FXSUnVYvUg7sSxoSg2EbbooZVh
Of course you have no need to follow this but the idea may help someone else as well!
Cheers from Australia
Trevor
richhotrain rrinker Why Aye! --Randy Ya mean, wye would he want a why? Rich
Ya mean, wye would he want a why?
If it you witht he British wife? Or is that someone else? Ask her about wye aye man. Or perhaps the proper regional pronunciation of "wye eye mon" would help.
rrinker Is it you witht the British wife? Or is that someone else?
Is it you witht the British wife? Or is that someone else?
Contrails Great! I was going to be somewhat concerned if they were 12" squares! Onewolf How large are the grid squares in your design diagram? 24" sorry I forgot to mention that. Size of the layout comes out to be 23' x 16'
Great! I was going to be somewhat concerned if they were 12" squares!
I have a wye on my layout, partly because it is useful for turning entire trains but mainly because it is a common feature of the railways in South Africa, and my layout is African profile. Here we call it a triangle, not a wye. My layout is in a forty foot shipping container, so space is not an issue (as with real African railways).
And greetings to the chap with Geordie connections - wye aye, man. Howay the lads!