Interesting Industrial Spurs, etc.

[SpaceMouse]

Believe it or not, other than my own, I have on see two layouts. I hope to see another this weekend at a train show.

Our club has one industrial yard in which several industries are served. Getting the freight in and out of this yard with the various crossovers and turnouts, is as one yard junkie put it, "interesting." I'm planning to take pictures of it next week and study it.

In the meantime, it would be of great help to me, to see pictures of well thought out and "interesting" sections of layouts. I think it will be educational for modelers of all ability levels who are interested in operations to see what has been done. Of course, explanations would be helpful.

I'd like to see pictures, but plans with explanations would be welcome as well.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your work.

[Anonymous]

My whole layout is a freight yard. Mind you, it is only 8' x 1' [:D]

The trackplan is a Z with two spurs off the frontline & an entirely separate road at the back. The fiddleyard joins the back road and the 'middle' road at a hidden switch.

It looks like this (sort of) -->
Back road
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switch here
Fiddleyard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
connecting switches here
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switch here spur facing left switch here spur right

When I get some decent phots I can show you better.

steve
[:)]

[Anonymous]

Here is one from the www.cantonrr.com I think this is a distillery but am not certain.

http://www.cantonrr.com/photo/001trainyard.jpg

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar

Here is one from the www.cantonrr.com I think this is a distillery but am not certain.

http://www.cantonrr.com/photo/001trainyard.jpg

Did you model this one?

[johncolley]

See page 54 article on the Alameda Belt line in the Model Railroad Planning 2005 from Kalmbach publishing. Actually there are several good yards in that issue! Happy railroading!

[Anonymous]

Chip,
The March 1996 issue of Model Railroader had an article about the Los Angeles Junction Railroad, which is a very switching intensive railroad that serves a variety of industrial customers in the eastern part of Los Angeles. This particular railroad connected their industrial customers with the Class 1 railroads in the region, which at the time of the article were the UP, SP and ATSF. Now they would be UP and BNSF. If you are interested in operation, this would be a great type of railroad to model. The only downside is that it was not established until 1923, about forty years later than your desired 1880's era.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SpaceMouse

QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar

Here is one from the www.cantonrr.com I think this is a distillery but am not certain.

http://www.cantonrr.com/photo/001trainyard.jpg

Did you model this one?

It is actually one of the industries in the planning stage. I am only limited to 1x2 feet to do this in and having trouble with that many tracks. I think I may have to go with the two tracks in the middle with a third for outbound.

Ask me again next year, I may have the actual HO scale facility in place. =)