Whats in your yard?

[fsm1000]

You can see mine on my website [in sig]. However most of it is just paper buildings till I get to it [working on my bridges just now].

Basically I will have a roundhouse, turntable, coal tower, water tower, ash pit and rip track. That's about it. Just a small one for my small RR. :D 

[Tom Bryant_MR]

Here's the south end of mine.

Yard plan is in Layout Plan below sig.

Regards,

[gear-jammer]

Thanks, Crandell. 

 I was at a wedding yesterday that was 3 hours away so I did not even turn the computer on until now.  Just stopped in for a quick peek.  Looks like everyone has been busy.  I should update the photo of the yard.  Maybe on Thursday.

Sue

[Cheese]

Hmmm,

I don't have a yard yet, but here what I want to be in the yard (when I have it).

4 or 5 sidings for general storage with some hoppers and other general freights. Maybe some reefers for the apples grown in Pigeon Forge (If apples need reefers, which they don't). Then I'd like to have an engine shop next to it, and a roundhouse not far away.

Then some loco servicing tracks, with a double spout water tower (like the D&GRW one at Chama) and a 5-stall roundhouse. Oh, and lets not forget hmmm, a Mike or 2 to be in the stalls, as well as a Mountain, a 2-8-0, and a 4-6-0. The 2-8-8-2's will be in the 2 stall "Mallet House" next to the roundhouse.

Then lets not forget the old 0-8-0 I bought today at the club's sale (An old Aristo Craft HO piece, will be re-painted and named "Maude", and if someone can, it will have a DCC Digitrax decoder in it) kicking a cut of hoppers dropped off from a locomotive (maybe the 2-6-6-2) from the mine branch.

Oh, and the HOn3 interchange with the Pigeon River Railroad (a play on of the Pigeon River and Little River Railroad, which ran through the smokies, but didn't last long) serviced by a Blackstone K-27 and (if Blackstone makes these eventually) an ex-EBT #17 Mikado, ex-White Pass #70 Mikado, or Ex-White Pass #192 Mikado.

I thought it would be fun to say in my fictional history, "while the SMC prospered, the LRR failed in the year 1964". The line fell into disrepair, but a short section of the loop from just short of the terminus and a few miles up the mountains (with a new turn loop) was restored, along with the 2 ex-White Pass 2-8-2's for the Rebel Railroad, which over time became Gold Ruch Junction, Silver Dollar City, and the present day Dollywood.

LOL. I sure want alot.

Cheese

[Gandy Dancer]

Where are all you people during WPF, these photos are inspirational.

I don't read WPF anymore.  Too many people quote the photos over and over again.  E-gads, I don't see how anyone can stand it. 

[spidge]

Where are all you people during WPF, these photos are inspirational.

[Anonymous]

Two tracks; a drill and growing, we have a miles to go.

I like the recent pictures in the thread they look really good.

[peterj]

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[nbrodar]

Although, I could use it as a classification or storage in transit yard, Lampson Yard is primarily a visible staging area:

Looking up the yard toward the ladder and yard office:

Looking down the yard away from the ladder and yard office.  A Rix overpass camouflages where the tracks meet the wall:

Nick

[selector]

Suuuuue......meee liiiiiiiiikkkke!!   I really like your layout, and especially the diamond to the turntable...that's eye-candy for me.  Good crisp photo, too.

-Crandell

[gear-jammer]

We have not done much work on structures in the yard.  The TT and base for the RH are present.  Other than the floor for a machine shop, we just have track down.

Our focus has been on other areas of the layout.  We use the yard mainly for switching.

Sue

[Anonymous]

My layout has both passenger and freight yards. The passenger facilities consist of a depot track, and three coach tracks, with their own lead, so as not to interfere with freight operations. Through passenger trains use the mainline side of the platforms, and originating and terminating trains use the depot side. The REA building is right nearby the passenger depot.

The freight operation has it's own long lead, to allow switching long cuts of cars, without fouling the mainline. It has six tracks, and a runaround track, with a caboose track and engine facilities off the runaround track. The freight yard is double ended.

[Gandy Dancer]

The photo was taken to show off the bridge but "Whats in my yard items are in bold" .... Just out of the picture to the left is the service track for the commisary, REA (see lower photo), other railroad's express facility, and "back door" to Union Station.  The passenger car shop is going to be on the one track to the far left seen under the bridge (under the cab of the red dump truck). 

Then From left to right is:
A small coach yard (three tracks)
The coach yard entry track, with a pocket track to spot the coach switcher on (an Alco S2 is sitting there at the moment).
The main line. One can see the turnout branching to the lower left which is to the passenger station mentioned above.  Looking under the bridge just past it is the turnout for the "wye". In the background along the top of the photo one can see local "in yard" industries.
The departure track (crosses over to the main as well as continuing).
The drill track (if one looks just past the bridge one can see where it crosses over to the departure track - thus being the yard lead from that point on).  So yes, one has to cross the drill track to get a loco from the loco facilities to the passenger station.
Coming off the drill track (back toward the camera) is another crossover (the important one) to the departure track,
         the classification yard ladder proper (8 tracks),
         the arrival track (the one with the Kadee magnet uncoupler),
         the caboose track,
         and the ladder bypass track to the diesel locomotive servicing facilities.
You can then see the diesel servicing/maintenance facilites themselves (three tracks).
Then finally to the far right is the diesel facilities service track (w/2 tanks and a covered hopper).

As usual, click the images to enlarge.

Railway Express Agency Building  behind the end of the Union Station passenger platform. 

[cchnguage]

You didn't say what gauge you are modeling. I modeled the NS Earnest Norris Yard in Irondale, AL. Money is going to be one of the items you need to think about. I model N-scale. The entire yard area covers 24 ft by 3 ft.

I have 12 tracks in the Hump yard, 3 tracks departing Eastbound, 3 tracks departing Westbound, and 3 tracks arrival. I also have fueling, engine house, car repair. I also have a drill track on both ends of the yard. My main line parrallels the yard. I have not finished putting in buildings but the track is all laid.

Craig

[spidge]

Check out Colton on this plan. There is a discription next to it. The odd tracks off to the right are industries, and I will be adding a diding oposite the drill track to facilitate a citrus packing house.

Click for a bigger/readable view.

When designing there are many things to consider, take notice and your experience will be a good operating yard that operates indipendently of the mainline.

[PB&J RR]

I planned the yard on my railroad using this site... and it is still one of the best resources I have found... no Bull, straight forward...

http://www.housatonicrr.com/yard_des.html

[Seamonster]

Weeds!

Sorry, just couldn't resist!

[Anonymous]

In my main Classification Yard, I have 3 sorting tracks, an A/D track, a ready/caboose track, some track, I guess I'll cal it another A/D track, an intermodel tracks, a MOW storage track, and a loco servicing track. Also in the the yard is the seperate mainline, with a connecter to the yard, and the East Ladder and West Ladder tracks. The yard is right next to the double ended staging yard on 1 end, and the mainline to the rest of the layout, eventually going to the other end of the staging yard.

[SilverSpike]

My main yard is also the staging for the lower deck of my layout. The original plan as seen in this image does not show the actual 11 tracks that are in the yard.

Here is a view of the actual yard as it was being built. Remember, most of the time plans do represent what will actually be built, however, in this case I found a bit more room and was able to add a few more tracks than originally planned.

[reklein]

For myowngod, thanks for the offer. I did print out the plan from the forum,hope you don't mind. I liked the way it filled a large square area,and the large sweeping curves. A lot of todays layouts tend to be very linear so as to follow prototype. But I dont have a linear space. I do have a layout in an 11'X14' room so I'm not ready to build your plan just yet.I'm always looking for switching schemes on curves. I know ,thats probably asking for trouble, but in a 11'x14' room half the layout is curved. Your plan also looks like it would benefit by having access to both sides which I don't have room for either. Nonetheless I'll file it for reference.

[Pruitt]

Here's my minimalist interchange yard at Laurel:

Mainline is to the right, passing siding adjacent, then two body tracks. To the left is an under-constuction engine terminal.

Here's my planned classification yard at Casper:

And a small branchline stub-end yard at Cody:

There's one more branchline stub-end yard, at Lander:

This one is more just a few industry tracks with a passing siding and engine turning facility than a yard.

[myowngod]

Myowngod, I REALLY like that plan man. I my have to print that out for future use. I like the big curves and totally adequate yards. I suppose there's problems somewhwere but I sure don't see em yet.

I could do better than printing it out... If you have XtrakCad program(free) I could email the file to you and save you alot of time.  From there you could tweek it out for your specs. 

Thanks for the compliment.  Yes there was "during construction re-engineering" of the plan, but nothing to major.

Here's what the original plan looked like before I started modifying. Notice the yard is is on the opposite side of the main, on the "north" side.  That was the major mod I did to the plan, otherwise the engines couldn't get to the yard except through a major switching operation (while crossing the double mainlines)... which is rediculous.  I seperated the yard area, mirrored the image, and then rotated it 180degrees.  It ended up fitting perfectly on the other side of the main by just moving the mains to the edge of the platform.  This allowed better access to the roundhouse and the branchline(green track).

The plan also managed to squeeze in 5 staging tracks, 3 in the mid level and 2 on the bottom level reversing loop (not seen in picture).  So the yard can be used for what it meant for, sorting trains, not storing trains.

 

 

[D&HRR]

Here are some pics of the club layout yards. It is a very large layout and many of the staging tracks are rather long. The configuration of the yards might help though.

These are of our temparary staging.

Besides the staging this is one of the completed permanant yards.

West end and engine facility, leads out to both divisions

Overveiw for a prospective of yard. This entire leg is dedicated to the yard, engine facility, yard industries and both east and west leads.

This yard is not wired yet. I use it for display/ storage.

 

 

Is that a D&H 5015 RS36 in the top pick??, very nice.

[reklein]

Myowngod, I REALLY like that plan man. I my have to print that out for future use. I like the big curves and totally adequate yards. I suppose there's problems somewhwere but I sure don't see em yet.

[bogp40]

Here are some pics of the club layout yards. It is a very large layout and many of the staging tracks are rather long. The configuration of the yards might help though.

These are of our temparary staging.

Besides the staging this is one of the completed permanant yards.

West end and engine facility, leads out to both divisions

Overveiw for a prospective of yard. This entire leg is dedicated to the yard, engine facility, yard industries and both east and west leads.

This yard is not wired yet. I use it for display/ storage.

 

[jims trains]

My yard is basically a smallish interchange yard, with an inbound cars track, an outbound cars track, and a short spur for storing cars if necessary. There is also a short turnaround spur on the east (right hand) side. As the yard is part of an industrial railroad, and there are normally only transfer and  locals departing and arriving, there is no dedicated drill track. All tracks except the spur are double ended sidings. 

You can see a map of my layout, including the interchange yard, on my website:

http://www.stanfordnorth.com/jimsjunction

then click the C&SFT option fom the menu, then the Track Plan link. 

 

 

[myowngod]

Here's what I've come up with after quite a few revisions.

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This is what you'll see when you walk into the room from the hall

Even after construction started, once you see how everything fits in real life... revisions happen.  The basic plan is based off of a John Armstrong plan.  Flipped, stretched, and reversed into something that works for me in my space

[Anonymous]

In the yard? Well... I agree with the "In your wallet" thing.

At the moment, very little in way of rolling stock. The HO scale crew can probably show up, switch and go home for the day by lunch time LOL.

[bighead]

What's in YOUR yard?  Kinda sounds like, "What's in YOUR wallet?" doesn't it?

 

That is what it was supposed to sound like lol

-Jake