Input on proposed HO switching layout

[steinjr]

Hi All...

After a lot of test-fitting track sections and managing to get a little more information (very little) about the Lapeer Industrial Railroad - I've reached the conclusion that I just can't model that line the way I'd like to in the available space! Specifically, I just couldn't get the interchange/grain elevator area right! So it was back to the drawing board.

Hmmm - how about doing the grain/interchange area something roughly along these lines - this is fairly close to the actual tracks (except for that extra rightmost spur), as far as I can tell from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bing.com/maps">http://www.bing.com/maps</a><!-- m -->, maps.google.com and maps.yahoo.com:



Cars shown are 56 foot covered hoppers and 60 foot boxcars. Engine shown is an SW7.

Stein