Yard as a Layout

[steinjr]

Not really. It is not a very big yard - body track capacity (at about 75% full) is about thirty-five or so 40-foot cars. Or about four times the size of a "large" (for this yard) incoming train. If the yard instead of seven single ended 400 foot tracks had had three double ended 800 foot tracks, you likely would not have called it a "such a big old yard". It is a pretty dinky little yard.

A two or three track yard would suffice for that many cars and the railroad would use doubled ended yard tracks for accessibility and that exactly how I would have built that yard.

Mmm - it would be interesting to see your suggestion.

Here are the parameters:
- H0 scale
- Two or three tracks, double ended, engine escape
- Yard must fit on a peninsula 30" wide and 9 feet long - aslant if you so wish.
- Yard should hold up to 45 cars (35 cars at 75% full)

Show me how you would do it in the prototypical way, Brakie.

Because I would have trouble finding room for 45 cars on a 9 foot long double ended three track yard - I could do maybe 26-28 if I didn't try to keep the engine escape open:



Smile,
Stein