08-05-2014, 11:54 PM
Here's a Google view of a location in Evansville, IN that I'm quite familiar with and one that closely resembles your original layout plan: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Evansv...c99d?hl=en (I hate the "New" Google map style and always switch it to the old style map!!)
Located in the northeast quadrant of Evansville, this is part of the former C&EI (L&N) yard and line coming into Evansville that was bypassed some years ago. The yard is now used to sort and store cars for the various industries located along the line, access to the old Evansville Belt Line, and connections with the Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR) and NS.
Traffic moving to and from this yard is handled by transfer runs from Howell yard and come in from the north where the line connects with the bypass. You'll note two lines connecting on the east side of the yard that cross US 41. The northern most line is the ISRR and the next one serves the Lynch Road industrial spur. If you follow the line on south, you'll find a wye where the line connects to the Evansville Belt line, a CSX Transflo terminal and a connection with the NS line from Huntingburg, IN. All sorts of varied industries can be found and of course depending on the era modeled, there would be many more rail served then there are today.
CSX has an office and MofW building at the south end of the yard and keeps as many as four locomotives at the yard; usually SW1500's and MP15AC's. Locomotives are serviced on sight, but if more work is required, they would be moved to Howell yard.
Point of this is just to show you how close your original layout plan resembles a prototype location and and might give you some ideas.
Located in the northeast quadrant of Evansville, this is part of the former C&EI (L&N) yard and line coming into Evansville that was bypassed some years ago. The yard is now used to sort and store cars for the various industries located along the line, access to the old Evansville Belt Line, and connections with the Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR) and NS.
Traffic moving to and from this yard is handled by transfer runs from Howell yard and come in from the north where the line connects with the bypass. You'll note two lines connecting on the east side of the yard that cross US 41. The northern most line is the ISRR and the next one serves the Lynch Road industrial spur. If you follow the line on south, you'll find a wye where the line connects to the Evansville Belt line, a CSX Transflo terminal and a connection with the NS line from Huntingburg, IN. All sorts of varied industries can be found and of course depending on the era modeled, there would be many more rail served then there are today.
CSX has an office and MofW building at the south end of the yard and keeps as many as four locomotives at the yard; usually SW1500's and MP15AC's. Locomotives are serviced on sight, but if more work is required, they would be moved to Howell yard.
Point of this is just to show you how close your original layout plan resembles a prototype location and and might give you some ideas.
Ed
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