bailey yard

[ericdd40]

has anyone modeled baliey yard yet?

[tomikawaTT]

Not in HO.  Even if it wasn't something like 20 feet wide, it would be close to a hundred yards long.

That's just the yard facility.  Now factor in some mainline, plus adequate staging...

Just the tortoises needed for the turnouts would cost as much as a pretty decent new car!

Of course, Bailey Yard HAS been modeled - once.  The scale was 1:1...

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - sans humonguyards)

[Motley]

Are you kidding me? That would be impossible to model.

You would have to have a 100' x 100' basement, and still have to compress it.

[richhotrain]

Motley

Are you kidding me? That would be impossible to model.

You would have to have a 100' x 100' basement, and still have to compress it.

I wonder if you could model Bailey Yard in Z scale in that 100' x 100' basement.

Rich

[Train Modeler]

That would be great.   Would require lots of selective compression.  But maybe could you could model the basic elements, including the flyover.

Richard 

[ericdd40]

I think i am going to do a small version of the yard like the diesel shop and fuel station , some of the east hump yard . I only have a basement not high school gym to work in. I am going to scratch build the diesel shop it will be big but it will be sweet. I wasn't going to model anything special just do a freelance layout, but i think that much of the bailey

yard would be nice then i will go from three,

[Motley]

That's sounds really cool. Are you going to use the same track configurations? That should be interesting hi HO.

Keep us posted with your plans and progress.

[bigpianoguy]

Could someone please give us neophytes some more information on just where this 'Bailey Yard' is? I'll try to look it up on Google but I just know I'm going to end up with pics of an English jail...

[Annonymous]

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[tomikawaTT]

Reference my earlier post:

Looks like my guesstimate of the length was in the ballpark, but I underestimated the width by a factor of 3.

Do you realize that sucker is over a mile wide?  I could drop my double garage filler into that puzzle palace and lose it!

Given the configuration of the yard and the configuration of my layout I might be able to model the caboose track - if it had one...

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

[cowman]

Given the information from the site Svein posted, in HO it would be some 485' long, 121' wide, with  over 19117' of HO track.  Does anybody own a bank?  Cost of track and turnouts alone would strain most of our combined budgets.  Then add all the locos and cars that pass through there every day.

Have fun,

Richard

[bigpianoguy]

Here's some great pics & plans:

http://condrenrails.com/Recent-Trains/Recent-Trains-90.html

[Texas Zepher]

tomikawaTT

Given the configuration of the yard and the configuration of my layout I might be able to model the caboose track - if it had one...

Yeah, I was thinking I might be able to model the "scale" house track.   As seen behind 1983 in the photo below.  Of course that would be assuming that I like armor yellow, which I don't.

This photo was taken right by the old wooden observation platform on the west side of the loco shops.  This was about 2 years(?) before they built the golden spike observation tower.

[BATMAN]

It's funny how fast reality sets in. When I got back into the hobby I thought I had the space and funds to model the western terminus of the CPR on the Vancouver waterfront. My room wasn't 300' long though.

                           Brent