yards

[tomwatkins]

I removed a small subdivision point yard about a year ago and replaced it with what was actually in that area in the time I am modeling. The yard was like a 400 pound gorilla. It was too small to actually function well, and it took up too much space for something that didn't work. In that space I now have the trackage to serve a sawmill, planning mill, oil distributor, small stockyard and a pulpwood lot. I'm fortunate in that I have space available in another finisher room adjacent to the railroad room to build a much larger yard which will be modeled on the Southern's yard in Asheville, NC. Construction on it won't begin anytime soon, but I'm gathering information for it and loking forward to it.
Have Fun,
Tom Watkins

[Anonymous]

My layout is a yard - it's a small switching setup at the moment, though I do hope to expand at some time - have plans for another pair of 1ft x 4ft boards with (possibly) a plastic pellet silo, a carfloat bridge undergoing restoration, and maybe a couple of the Walthers low-profile buildings.

[Roadtrp]

Like AggroJones, I have a small 3-track yard near the center of my layout.

[Anonymous]

I have one large yard that takes up a large portion of my layout. It contains an intermodal terminal and an 8-stall roundhouse. I also have a very small "yard" that consists of 3 sidings in another area of my layout.

[GDRMCo]

I have 3. 2 are the main yards at Townsville and Ayr. The other is the interchange yard with Pacific National.

[IRONROOSTER]

I don't have a yard or plans for one. I have done them on layouts in the past and found I used them for storage. So for this layout I put staging tracks in where the yard would have gone.
At 11x18 foot in S scale (equivalent to 8x13 in HO) I wanted to run 2 trains (on the mainline) and one on the branch line with one operator. Achieving this goal meant no room for a yard. If more space becomes available (a future possibility) then I'll revisit this.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

My layout has a marshalling yard that will hold about 40 freight cars, and the drill track interchanges with my branch line, which has 6 industry sidings on it, and I have a staging yard with 5 tracks off the branch line, 6 industry spurs off the main line, and an engine service area that includes a turntable and a 6 stall roundhouse.

[AggroJones]

I have a small 3-track yard near the center of the layout.

[Anonymous]

I have two. My main is a continuous loop so the second yard is actually a destination on both the east and west ends of the RR.

[CP5415]

I will have about 3 yards on the layout & 3 six track staging yards & a 2 track staging yard
incorporated by the time I'm done, if the MRS allows me to go ahead with my plans as I see them [;)]

Gordon

[Big_Boy_4005]

The first thing I built was a yard, I have 3 more planned. Gotta have some place for all those cars when they aren't moving.

[BNSFNUT]

The yard is the main feature of my layout. It takes up about 50% of the main section of the layout. I am hooked on switching so my yard is larger than most layouts. With 6 industries near the yard and 8 industries on the branch line I have many operational choices.

[Fergmiester]

I added a yard a year ago. It really makes the whole thing come alive and adds that little something special. There is now plans for a second and maybe third yard.

[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

[Anonymous]

I am just curiose how many people have yards on thier layouts. I do not think I will have one.