01-29-2010, 09:05 PM
Galen, if your shelves are 24" deep on both sides of the corner where you want to place the wye, you should be able to squeeze one in if you can add a curved section onto the area where the faces of the two shelves intersect. In the picture below, the layout depth to the left is 36" and towards the top right of the photo 42". However, since the wye tracks are those with the light-coloured ballast, not all of the depth would be required.
![[Image: BarneySecordfliestheGrandValley-Eri.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Some%20scenery%20stuff/BarneySecordfliestheGrandValley-Eri.jpg)
If the interlocking tower is the point where the faces of the two shelves meet, a roughly 2' layout depth would be represented by the straight red lines. The curved red line in front of the tower is the additional section that would be required: the bigger you make it, the further you can move the mainline to the layout's edge, which will increase the length of the tail track.
![[Image: BarneySecordfliestheGrandValley--2.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Some%20scenery%20stuff/BarneySecordfliestheGrandValley--2.jpg)
All of the radii of the wye shown are 30", giving approximately 10" of tail track beyond the switch (under the bridge) within the 2' layout depth. This is long enough to accommodate a Bachmann 2-8-0 or a geep. By using smaller radii, and a larger added segment at the front corner, you should be able to increase the length of the tail track, although it'd probably be best to lay out some track on the floor to get a better idea of how much space is actually needed.
For a turntable, I'd place it very close to the corner, then add a multiple-stall falsefront roundhouse in the corner itself - basically just the walls facing the turntable, with shortened sidewalls and a roof covering right to the walls of the room. From eye-level, it should make a convincing scene, and you could even open a door or two, with the rear of a shortened tender or diesel showing.
Wayne
If the interlocking tower is the point where the faces of the two shelves meet, a roughly 2' layout depth would be represented by the straight red lines. The curved red line in front of the tower is the additional section that would be required: the bigger you make it, the further you can move the mainline to the layout's edge, which will increase the length of the tail track.
All of the radii of the wye shown are 30", giving approximately 10" of tail track beyond the switch (under the bridge) within the 2' layout depth. This is long enough to accommodate a Bachmann 2-8-0 or a geep. By using smaller radii, and a larger added segment at the front corner, you should be able to increase the length of the tail track, although it'd probably be best to lay out some track on the floor to get a better idea of how much space is actually needed.
For a turntable, I'd place it very close to the corner, then add a multiple-stall falsefront roundhouse in the corner itself - basically just the walls facing the turntable, with shortened sidewalls and a roof covering right to the walls of the room. From eye-level, it should make a convincing scene, and you could even open a door or two, with the rear of a shortened tender or diesel showing.
Wayne