In a nutshell...
Main Track is in the red, yellow is the designated siding, light blue is used for set-offs and pickups for manifest traffic that's routed to the branch, green track used for customer storage in the short term and classification of trains headed down the branch. The small stub track on the right end holds a small metal engine house big enough for a GP-9 or similar locomotive.
The general idea here is that the branch switcher would start out by picking up the set-off and sorting it out into the three "green" tracks in the top of the diagram. They'd put together their train and then head out onto the main track to the junction with the branch line. The siding (although not ideal) would be used as the switching lead.
Upon returning from the branch, the switcher crew would block out it's cars and place them where the set-off was located and put their locomotive away for the evening.
Feedback?
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looks good, should work fine
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you are on the right track. especially with having some of the tracks serve more than one function. i don't know how busy your main line would be but you could always ask the dispatcher or local block operator for permission to make a " poke " on the main when you needed the head room while switching or even to temporarily store cars on the main. if you establish yard limits you could use the main without flag protection against all but first class trains
grizlump
me again, one other thing. i don't know the overall configuration of your layout but if you flop that plan over so the main is to the rear, you might find it more convenient to do the switching, especially if you use hand thrown turnouts and uncoupling magnets on the yard tracks.
The diagram is slightly "off" in terms of length of tracks and being to scale. The siding will be about six feet in length, with the storage tracks somewhere around three feet each. The total length of all the cars on those tracks probably will not exceed length of the siding such that switching full tracks of cars between storage tracks and the siding is not an issue.
Main track occupation is through a modified system based on track warrants and the GCOR rule set.
Reverse the direction of the crossover in the middle so a train can work off the main.
By the way, which way is the junction, to the left or to the right? If its to the left, I would reverse the whole yard. That way you could double a train out of the yard and depart for the junction.
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dehusmanReverse the direction of the crossover in the middle so a train can work off the main. By the way, which way is the junction, to the left or to the right? If its to the left, I would reverse the whole yard. That way you could double a train out of the yard and depart for the junction.
Reversing the crossover in the middle would mean that train in the siding would have to back in from the right hand side, or would have to back out if they wanted to continue left.
Junction is to the right. Train will be able to double out the yard tracks and do it's braketest on the siding before proceeding on the main track.
Do you have room, or need for a small stub to store MoW equipment or cab cars? Maybe above to the right before the engine stub?
I'm trying to model 1956, not live in it.
GraniteRailroader Reversing the crossover in the middle would mean that train in the siding would have to back in from the right hand side, or would have to back out if they wanted to continue left.
Put the siding on the other side of the main and use the existing tracks as the yard. Having 2 trains meet at this station completely shuts down the yard (if the local can clear up at all).
GraniteRailroader In a nutshell... Main Track is in the red, yellow is the designated siding, light blue is used for set-offs and pickups for manifest traffic that's routed to the branch, green track used for customer storage in the short term and classification of trains headed down the branch. The small stub track on the right end holds a small metal engine house big enough for a GP-9 or similar locomotive. The general idea here is that the branch switcher would start out by picking up the set-off and sorting it out into the three "green" tracks in the top of the diagram. They'd put together their train and then head out onto the main track to the junction with the branch line. The siding (although not ideal) would be used as the switching lead. Upon returning from the branch, the switcher crew would block out it's cars and place them where the set-off was located and put their locomotive away for the evening. Feedback?
Reminds me of a certain yard in VT, probably not a total concidence :-)
You mentioned having the yellow designated siding being about 6 feet long. How long is the entire module - about 15-18 feet ? N scale or H0 scale ?
I tried to draw up a 2x18 feet H0 scale plan probably based on the same yard a while back:
It was discussed in this post: http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/133413/1498413.aspx#1498413
Don't know if there are any ideas there you could use or adapt for your plan ?
Stein
A couple generalities - N scale. Trains on the layout usually are no more then 3 feet long with a pair of four axle locomotives.
Dehusman -
The prototype this is loosely based off deal with that every day.The only difference is that I've made the "yard tracks" stub ended instead of being double ended and gotten rid of the local customers that are based in this area off the yard tracks.
Scarpia - This is loosely based of WRJ.
Stein - Hey, I remember that post... It's actually loosely based off a CV yard instead of Rutland trackage.
How & at what locations do you plan to uncouple cars?
Zephyrx
I think you've done a nice job on your yard.
Some may scream, "Stub-ended yards aren't prototypical", but the fact is there were more than one or two stub-yards out there... So a stub-yard does have some relevance.
Secondly a double-ended yard, with drill tracks as long as your longest classification track would take up a lot of space on just about anyone's layout. And then you have the wasted space the extra ladder would consume on a double-ended yard.
I really like your multicolored diagram of your yard, and the arrangement of the switches. My only suggestion is to lengthen the "blue" drop off track. Instead of using ladders. I ,personally, find that double-slip and Y switches save space, but I do not have space limitations for the installation of my larger double ended and stub ended yards. Bob