I remember seeing a 4x8 trackplan for the Delaware & Hudson several years ago in either Model Railroader, Great Model Railroads, or Model Railroad Planning. it had a backdrop down the middle with a town on one side and the scenic Lake Champlain on the other. Does anyone know what issue this was in?
Dakota
Model Railroad Planning 2006. The track plan only with not much context also appeared in 102 Realistic Track Plans
Not that anyone asked, but this is an odd plan to me, with suggestions made that one should just park a passenger train for ambience (with an 18” minimum radius, there might not be other options) and including two unnecessary crossovers inches from each end of a siding.
Byron
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I can see the crossover ont he left - that makes the area fromt he curved turnout to the crossover a passing siding, but the other crossover ont he right - not sure what purpose that serves. There is a stud on the left side past the left crossover, so I guess it could all be so you cna run around a car to shove in there without going back to the opposite side of the layout.
I can see what the author is trying to do, but it does seem awkward at best. The second half of the article, Keddie Wye on a 4x8, seems even more unworkable - it has the yard but the whole thing is on 18" radius curves, noit a straight track in sight. At least it has an off-layout connection for staging.
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rrinkerI can see what the author is trying to do, but it does seem awkward at best. The second half of the article, Keddie Wye on a 4x8, seems even more unworkable - it has the yard but the whole thing is on 18" radius curves, noit a straight track in sight.
Concur. I guess we can chalk it all up to the eternal "How do we shoehorn a couple more HO 4X8s into the magazine?" question. In a bit larger island benchwork -- or even using the full 8'X10' room footprint of the 4X8 "sacred sheet" plan -- one could have easily designed layouts that were more useable.