01-25-2012, 02:42 PM
Hello all,
After reading some of the stuff by Lance Mindheim Ive gotten a ton of inspiration so I decided to play around with a trackplan which could fit in my livingroom. It would have to be built in sections as there is no room for a permanent layout. Rolling stock will be relatively modern era, mostly Norwegian trains, but also other European freight cars which are or have been fairly common on Norwegian tracks. Im thinking the time period from late 80's till today, which gives me the option to run pretty much all of my rolling stock except passenger trains.
The space I have available is for an L-shaped layout with an outer size of 320 x 290 cm. The extra yard/staging section Ive drawn is not an option at the moment, but I made it to explore what options might be available in the future. I can also use the track towards the edge to add a removable cassette to make more room for inbound/outbound trains and for removing/adding cars.
As for industries, Ive added a few which I definately want. For the combination of container loading/unloading and ramps for autotransport cars I have seen pictures of this combination in real life so no doubt about that one. Each of these tracks is long enough to hold three of these beauties <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://togbutikken.no/webshop/shop1/product.asp?intProdID=1655">http://togbutikken.no/webshop/shop1/pro ... rodID=1655</a><!-- m -->. The combination of container cars and auto transport cars is also common in Norway which can give me some interesting switching if the autotransport cars are at the "wrong" end of the train. I also want to have a gate to make operations more interesting.
I have also added a spur for loading gravel/ballast. Im not sure excactly what to add to the top spurs, but Im thinking some sort of warehouse and one team track. The upper right spur is long enough to have two smaller industries.
I originally had the runaround track only at the top of the layout, but I felt it was a bit short to be able to support the container/car terminal so I extended it around the curve. Now its quite long, but I think it looks pretty good and it will make operation sessions longer.
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Anyone have any opinions they want to share about the trackplan? While its not certain that this layout will ever be made, Im having a ton of fun planning it and Im hoping it can become a reality one day.
Best regards,
Yngve
After reading some of the stuff by Lance Mindheim Ive gotten a ton of inspiration so I decided to play around with a trackplan which could fit in my livingroom. It would have to be built in sections as there is no room for a permanent layout. Rolling stock will be relatively modern era, mostly Norwegian trains, but also other European freight cars which are or have been fairly common on Norwegian tracks. Im thinking the time period from late 80's till today, which gives me the option to run pretty much all of my rolling stock except passenger trains.
The space I have available is for an L-shaped layout with an outer size of 320 x 290 cm. The extra yard/staging section Ive drawn is not an option at the moment, but I made it to explore what options might be available in the future. I can also use the track towards the edge to add a removable cassette to make more room for inbound/outbound trains and for removing/adding cars.
As for industries, Ive added a few which I definately want. For the combination of container loading/unloading and ramps for autotransport cars I have seen pictures of this combination in real life so no doubt about that one. Each of these tracks is long enough to hold three of these beauties <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://togbutikken.no/webshop/shop1/product.asp?intProdID=1655">http://togbutikken.no/webshop/shop1/pro ... rodID=1655</a><!-- m -->. The combination of container cars and auto transport cars is also common in Norway which can give me some interesting switching if the autotransport cars are at the "wrong" end of the train. I also want to have a gate to make operations more interesting.
I have also added a spur for loading gravel/ballast. Im not sure excactly what to add to the top spurs, but Im thinking some sort of warehouse and one team track. The upper right spur is long enough to have two smaller industries.
I originally had the runaround track only at the top of the layout, but I felt it was a bit short to be able to support the container/car terminal so I extended it around the curve. Now its quite long, but I think it looks pretty good and it will make operation sessions longer.
Anyone have any opinions they want to share about the trackplan? While its not certain that this layout will ever be made, Im having a ton of fun planning it and Im hoping it can become a reality one day.
Best regards,
Yngve
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