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Thanks again for all the input, gang. After due consideration here's a significantly revised layout. <br /> <br />I've tried to color code for clarity too: <br /> <br />Blue track = mainline <br />Red track = yards <br />pink track = hidden <br />brown track = sidings <br />green track = logging/mining branch <br />green lines = edges of benchwork <br />red lines = full-height walls <br /> <br />A couple caveats: <br /> <br />1) Armchairking: I have not yet fully laid out the engine service area. The space is there for it and the tracks there are really just 'placeholders' <br /> <br />2) I am generally a lone wolf operator. I'd say I have other operators about 10% of the time, and generally only 1 or 2 others, not a whole gang. (I live in a very small town, there just ain't that many of us here) <br /> <br />3) I'm into having my cake and eating it too. I don't favor "just let 'em run" over "build/undo/switch/etc." operations. I generally like to incorporate both - for instance, have a couple trains circling the mainline continuously, while I do my switching/delivery operations and deal with avoiding the 'mainline' trains. Having said all that, continuous-running is one of my givens. <br /> <br />4) I am distinctly skewed toward passenger operations, thus the large passenger terminal (and extensive city scene planned for that edge of the room). <br /> <br />5) I'm considering a change of my "protolance" locale to a midwestern river city, where the "union station" can justify passenger operations by multiple roadnames. Think St. Louis in an alternate dimension (I'm not going to try actually modeling St. Louis Union Station!) to get the right idea. <br /> <br />6) The reverse loop is there on purpose, and purposely has an entry/exit in both directions. I like the old having a train disappear for a while, then reappear coming back the other direction, particularly for passenger ops where the train went to City X and is now returning to City Y. <br /> <br />On to the plans: <br /> <br />Main level: <br /> <br />[img]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/kristianj/LAYOUT12.jpg[/img] <br /> <br />Logging/Mining Line: <br /> <br />[img]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/kristianj/LAYOUT12a.jpg[/img]
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