Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
QUOTE: Originally posted by NS2591 All right let me clear some things up here. My layout won't have any grades on it except when the shed settles and everything cease to be level(nothing in our house is level, square or flat) My trains will be limited by the sidings. I figure every train will have 2 or 3 units on the head end. I only have 12 atlas ore cars, 1 Athearn RTR 50 Boxcar and 1 intermountain covered hopper. I don't have the money right now to go on a major shopping spree. and i don't want to built my layout, only to find out that i need to go back and redo the passing tracks.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tilden Generally speaking, make your sidings as long as possible. I've never heard a modeler complain their sidings were too long!!
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Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon
QUOTE: Originally posted by jfugate NS: Here's some layout design formulas that I put together to help answer questions like train length, how many cars can the layout hold, how many cars can I move in an op session, how long should the passing tracks be to allow for optimum operation, and so on. See: http://siskiyou-railfan.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.32 If you take these formulas, get yourself a ruler, and study a few published layout plans you will learn a ton about layout design.
Tom