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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by TurboOne Hiya Chip, glad hogwarts is progressing. I just added two DD40s, huge engines. They barely make it around the 22 curves. They are huge. Fun is spending time with the kids doing anything with trains. Today we are leaving for Vegas. Gonna play trains there, shop for trains and maybe even ride a real train. Also National Cheerleading Championship. Take care Tim [/quote] a little off topic, but how do those DD40s look/run/pull. The only ones i have seen are the old athearn blue boxes. Does anyone still make them? As for operations. Im really into that kind of thing. Watching trains run around is great, but in my opinion running a railroad like a real railroad brings it to a whole nother level. I use the car routing system from micro-mark. But there are lots of methods out there. My layout is small, Its around the walls in a 10x11 room. The shelf is 2 feet wide. Lots of linear space but not much depth. Sure beats my old 4x8 though[:D]. Anyway, I've got a double track main, One normally for passenger service. The other connects to all the yards and spurs. There is a main 8 track classification yard for building trains conected to smaller yards on each side. One is an engine/car maintanence place, the other services industries. Also, there is another yard in the layout's main town that services a bunch of industries. There is an 18 foot passing siding that doubles as a runaround for the 2 track coal loader accross the tracks from the mine. Over by the classification yard is a 2 track coal dealership. It uses the classification yard as a runaround. If i could get a good picture i would post my track plan, but hopefully i have described it well enough that you get the picture good luck[:)]
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