yards

[CBQ_Guy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter

The layout I have wasn't designed two years ago when I didn't know much for operation, It was design for continuous running. Now that I run some operations on it I wish I had a yard

All's not hopeless. You can add a drop leaf (hinged to drop down) yard to the long edge of the layout or use a module/dominoe, either permanent or removeable. Were there's a will...

[Nieuweboer]

My yard is (are) drawers in a file cabinet and a single long track which I call an interchange track. I make up a train by taking cars out of the file cabinet drawers,
putting them on the interchange track and alloting motive power to the train.
I'd love to have a real yard but would have to sacrifice valuable layout space to create a yard and since I love operation and switching industry-spurs I'd rather use the available space for this than for a yard.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Oklahoma Train Nut

Maureen, are you modeling a fictional railroad in middle-earth? man that would be cool !

Yup. 3 of them actually, in N guage. The Old Forest Ry (Biritsh equipment) connects the Ered Line (German) with the GHL&G (American). The yards are at the two interchange points.

--Mo

[TROOPERSMOKEY]

help!!
I have a free-lanced 20x16 in HO scale. it's double track with a reverse loop around a small town. each end of the layouts are 8.5x5 and 5x9.5. both are connected 2x13 on west wall and 2x16 on north wall and a 3x7 to complete the connection. i have 8 industries that will be serviced but no place to make up or break up trains. the second 5x9.5 has the new river mining co., and a concrete facility. minimum radius is 24in. with 22 at the reverse loop. i've attempted to seperate the double main line from passing along itself on the 2x13 by placing a passing siding on the west side of the inner track and a passing siding on the east side of the outer track which still allows for viewing trains passing as the main lines are next to each other on the front edge of the table. the double main line to the rear passes 4 industries. i enjoy switching but i also want to be able to take the trains at the end of the day. i can scan a drawing of my layout if anyone can seriously provide some guidance.

[Anonymous]

You CAN'T NOT have a yard. sure my layout is primarily continous run but what do I do with the cars that aren't moving- they're in the yard. I'm rebuilding my layout and my new yard is going to be 9 tracks (hopefully). It is based on a prototype yard, which is 9 tracks.

[GAPPLEG]

3 track double ended yard to interchange from the Southern Pacific and my private Texas Mining and Industrial rr. You needed "other" for Spacemouse.[:D]

[tomikawaTT]

Industrial service yard at a major industry (colliery,) major division point (engine change, originates and terminates locals, interchange with the line that serves that colliery,) and three staging facilities that act remarkably like yards (If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck...) You could say, with considerable accuracy, that my layout is a bunch of yards and their connecting trackage.

[Anonymous]

IM in the middle of designing my layout and I would like to see some pictures of yards to get some Ideas of what to do...

my last layout didnt have a yard....it was way to small 4x8 and in HO my next setup is N and its alot bigger.

[Walter Clot]

My layout began with 5 modules that I made for part of my former club. When I retired and moved away, I added one more straight, 4 curves and a 4 x 4 circle off to the side. I'm reworking that area and when that and one other change is finished I want to add a 2 X 12 yard. I don't want all my rolling stock sitting in boxes. I want it out on the main, sidings or in the yard. I want to be able to see it! Appy Sou

[aloco]

I have no yard on my layout but I run a lot of switchers.

[Pruitt]

My four staging yards are simple double-ended yards of three to five tracks each. They won't have yard leads - they're just for train storage. The two interchange yards two and three tracks, also don't need leads - they're "out in the weeds" where trains will pick up and drop off cuts of cards without any classifying of them.

My main classification yard will have seven body tracks, two reefer icing tracks, caboose and MOW tracks, a long switching lead, and a medium sized engine terminal.

[jecorbett]

My main yard is a 12 track ladder that consumes about half of a 46 foot long wall. I have a smaller interchange yard at the other end of the layout. In addition, I have two looped staging yards at opposite ends of the main.

Unless it is a switching layout, can't imagine not having at least a staging yard. Otherwise, where will your trains terminate their runs.

[n2mopac]

I recently posted the trackplan for my new layout presently under construction which focuses on yard and interchange operations. Several people commented that they thought it was too heavy on yards, although all that looks like a yard here is not--some are operating trackage for single industries and the largest is a hidden double ended staging yard. Anyway, here's the link for anyone interested in taking a peek.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=59312

Ron

[jrbernier]

My layout has a 4 track yard(double ended) that represents a small division point. I also have a 4 track 'staging' yard(double ended) and a 2 track staging yard off of a jct(stub ended). The 'on-stage' yard is big enough so that 4 locals operate out of it with no problem. One of the basic problems model railroads have is that we tend to use our 'classification yards' as 'storage yards' and plug them up!

Jim Bernier