HO scale? 8 feet long doesn't leave much room, probably not feasible to make a double-ended yard. What operating scheme do you want your yard to support? Is your road an out-and-back?
Genesee Terminal, freelanced HO in Upstate NY ...hosting Loon Bay Transit Authority and CSX Intermodal. Interchange with CSX (CR)(NYC).
CP/D&H, N scale, somewhere on the Canadian Shield
Trying to come up with a yard design for my layout. I only have 30"x96" area. I have a Volmer roundhouse and a Walthers 90" turntabe which take up a wedge aprox. 14"x 18"x 30". This dimention includes the roundhouse, turntable and the conecting tracks. I also need a service track for steam, a run around, rip track and of course the yard tracks which includes the departure track. I have played with this awhile but just not happy with my design. Thought maybe some imput would open me up to alturnitive plans.