Picture a long rectangular two level wedding cake.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
I should explain slowly the second level is a 4x16 table featuring the mine and logging camp then the first level is basically a 2ft wide shelf that sits about a foot lower than the middle all the way around.
It's only 4ft wide when you put it all together I would build the center separate from the outside so it would only be 2ft reach and on top of that the second levels mainline runs around the edge the middle is going to be mostly mountain scenery. And far as derailments during ops I could use the Micro-Mark Topside Creeper Step Ladder Support System to reach the interior.
cascadenorthernrr EUREKA!!! The layout is 8x20 split level. the first level is 2 feet deep 8x20, the second level is 4x16 allowing plenty of space! It breaks up into 20 2x4 sections.
EUREKA!!! The layout is 8x20 split level. the first level is 2 feet deep 8x20, the second level is 4x16 allowing plenty of space! It breaks up into 20 2x4 sections.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
I can operate the middle or the outside or both.
Sounds like you have a plan, but one point sticks out to me. If your layout is 4' wide, 22" is the maximum radius you can use. Granted a logging branch with short locos or logging locos can probably negotiate 15" curves, but you wouldn't have much separation between the two.
If you could make your modules 5' wide it would give you space and a maximum reach in of 30". If you had each module 5'x4' (joining on the 5' sides) your layout would be wider and still have manageable size modules to move.
Just a thought.
Good luck,
Richard
Howdy hope all you guys have found my new thread here. If you have, great. If not you would not be reading this! Anyway here's the scoop, my latest track plan is a sectional 20x4 (I have a 16x40 storage shed that can be used for this) that can be packed up and taken to club events and such. The mainline runs level around the entire layout, on one side is Cascade where the CNRR Mining-Logging Branch spurs off the main line, it then begins to climb around the middle to the other side there the mine spur is the branch continues around back to the other side to the logging camp. The track plan will be posted this afternoon if I get around to it.