07-12-2011, 08:45 PM
Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes and kind words.
Mike,
I used the printable turnout templates from Fast Tracks to mock up their location. On my first layout I copied the turnouts on a Xerox machine and they came out very dark and not nearly as nice as these. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.handlaidtrack.com/Fast-Tracks-HO-Scale-Printable-Track-Templates-s/83.htm">http://www.handlaidtrack.com/Fast-Track ... s-s/83.htm</a><!-- m -->
Callum,
I have been following your SSWUP ISL layout build from the beginning and have been amazed by the beauty of it. Keep up the good work, it is very inspirational.
Barry,
Hate to tell you this, but that crossover is not actually to be used for a run around. The reason it is there is because when corn syrup cars are being unloaded they are not to be moved. If a vegetable oil car needs to be delivered TastyBake needed a way to spot that car without disturbing the corn syrup cars so that is why I have the crossover. But don’t despair, I agree with you about having the locomotive leading the train into the industrial area. Trains will be assembled by the 0-5-0 method on a cassette that is not shown. It will have a runaround so that the train will enter the bakery with the loco in the front, collect any last minute orders from the shipping/receiving manager, back out, run around and begin switching the cars. The cassette will be able to handle a long string of cars to facilitate the switching.
Mark
Mike,
I used the printable turnout templates from Fast Tracks to mock up their location. On my first layout I copied the turnouts on a Xerox machine and they came out very dark and not nearly as nice as these. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.handlaidtrack.com/Fast-Tracks-HO-Scale-Printable-Track-Templates-s/83.htm">http://www.handlaidtrack.com/Fast-Track ... s-s/83.htm</a><!-- m -->
Callum,
I have been following your SSWUP ISL layout build from the beginning and have been amazed by the beauty of it. Keep up the good work, it is very inspirational.
Barry,
Hate to tell you this, but that crossover is not actually to be used for a run around. The reason it is there is because when corn syrup cars are being unloaded they are not to be moved. If a vegetable oil car needs to be delivered TastyBake needed a way to spot that car without disturbing the corn syrup cars so that is why I have the crossover. But don’t despair, I agree with you about having the locomotive leading the train into the industrial area. Trains will be assembled by the 0-5-0 method on a cassette that is not shown. It will have a runaround so that the train will enter the bakery with the loco in the front, collect any last minute orders from the shipping/receiving manager, back out, run around and begin switching the cars. The cassette will be able to handle a long string of cars to facilitate the switching.
Mark