Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb
Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.
QUOTE: Originally posted by XMarine I want to build a 4' x 24' freight yard on a 6' X 32' peninsula. Should the yard be stub tracks or double ended?
QUOTE: Do I angle the yard or run it straight down the length?
QUOTE: The wife agreed to my buying a closed hardware store to build my dream layout in. The train room is 83' X 25'.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
Tom
QUOTE: Originally posted by dehusman Another resource is the Layout Design Sig and Operations Sig <snip> The LDSig put out a special magazine on yard design several years ago, you might want to order that one (LDJ7 June 1992 80pg, $9.00) http://www.ldsig.org/back.issues.html
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QUOTE: Originally posted by XMarine The wife agreed to my buying a closed hardware store to build my dream layout in. The train room is 83' X 25'. I want to build a 4' x 24' freight yard on a 6' X 32' peninsula. Should the yard be stub tracks or double ended? Do I angle the yard or run it straight down the length? Your input would be helpful.
QUOTE: [in reply to "exPalaceDog" - I realize that I can not get over loaded with switching sidings (even though I enjoy switching) and plan to keep it simple just because it would require many hours and much money to maintain otherwise. I want to run trains not fix and repair! I figure the big yard will give me the switching fixes I like. I figure one switching area per peninsula if even that many would be enough.
Marlon
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QUOTE: Originally posted by tigerstripe After months of reading, study and much confusion.....I stumbled on this http://www.housatonicrr.com/ about 1/2 way down under 10 commandments of yard design. quick and easy explanations of what this track is; any how / why its use. 5 minutes later, the light is still dim, but its getting brighter.... I got more from this than from 30 pounds of layout design books. Hope this helps.
QUOTE: Originally posted by waltersrails Sounds great that you get to build your dream layout. Some yards i have seen use both double ended and dead tracks. many dead tracks to park engines in for refueling porposes.