Tom
QUOTE: Originally posted by selector Looks quite interesting. Lots of action to keep you busy. Will be a nice exercise to landscape it. I don't see the purpose of that wye in the lower right. Also, the tail, at bottom of the yard, of your reversing loop is too short. Pick either the loop or the wye.
QUOTE: The only other caveat could be the s-curves at top centre near where the track coming from the big yard, at right, joins another yard spur. One other item: I like how you have incorporated that nice long sweeping curve at bottom. You must have done a lot of reading. Only recommendation is to flatten it enough to recede the track from that close bench edge by another 2" for safety. As it is, it looks like you could be asking for a three-piece loco.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ereimer nice ! one thing sticks out as odd ... the loop around the turntable/roundhouse . i don't know what it's purpose is since this seems to be a point to point plan and there is a turntable at one end and a wye at the other for turning locos . the mainline setup makes it pretty much impossible to just get a train running and leave it for continous running so why the return loop ?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tom Bryant_MR bukwrm, definite improvement! Personally I like the around the wall version better than the U shape, but, you need to decide. Your web page has car stats at the bottom. Are these for the U shape or the around-the-wall plan? You might peek at jfugates web site http://siskiyou.railfan.net/#. Look under Model -> Layout Design -> Layout Design Stats. I took the formula and built a spreadsheet and then loaded my layout numbers in it to see how yard size, spur sizes, # staging tracks and size all affected operations such as how many cars could one have on the layout before it was saturated, how many cars could a yard design really handle and the max number of cars that could be expected to move during an operating session. Good progress !
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lee678 Unless you plan to use car forwarding all the time I can't see a point to point layout of this size. You could continuous run the main by hooking the Cincinnati loop to the Pennsy interchange then running through the hidden staging then past the back of Bethel and through the backdrop to Georgetown. I wouldn't hide the hidden staging and I would add run around tracks for the Cincinnati, hidden and Georgetown yards. Overall it has a good look to it but I think you should pound out a couple more revisions before laying track.