QUOTE: Originally posted by BigRusty Having been a life long resident of Connecticut and also New Haven fan, this doesn't look like any of the New Haven that I know. While this is a very lovely drawing, I suggest that you mentally run trains around the trackage. There are many sidings that cannot be switched, especially at the top. One of the things that I always do is mentally run the trains around in all possible situations and see if it will be functional. I like CadRail because it allows one to actually run trains over the design, and actually switch the sidings, etc. With that much space you might consider an L shaped corner layout to avoid the running trains in circles situation. I can see no way to get an east bound to become westbound.
QUOTE: Actually in South Troy there are two runarounds: one (long: it can accomodate trains like 2 x Geeps + 12 x 40' + caboose) for the New Haven and another (short, just four 40' cars) for Atlantic Electric.
QUOTE: Originally posted by roadrat It looks like a very well thought out plan, I love the idea of the interurban RR what kind of engines will the AE be using? I would think 44 tonners would be great for the job. bill
QUOTE: Originally posted by ereimer i like the plan a lot , you've managed to keep the two lines separate and add plenty of switching possibilities and staging in a fairly small space . i also like the transfer table in the staging area to move whole trains on and off the main , very good ! here are a couple of things you might think about ... allentown is obviously a tribute to John Allen , but the "timesaver" isn't a prototypical track layout , and many people , while admitting it's a fun puzzle , think it gets old rather quickly if you have to do all that switching every time you want to move a car in out out of town . at the very least consider moving the depot to that area south of the tracks where you have 2 un-named buildings now , railroads generally do as little back and forth switching of passengers as possible , freight doesn't seem to care [:)]
QUOTE: many of your industries are only switchable from one direction , you may have planned it that way , but adding a run-around or two will make it possible to switch both ways . one could easily be added just east of the south troy turntable