Rail yard...newbie here

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What scale is this layout?

The first post said HO, which is why I suspect he needs to space things out a little more. If this were N scale, I could see stuffing it with more tracks.

GEC,I would keep the 2 stall engine house for light running repairs and besides that it looks good.

I forgot to relabel the "shop" building as an engine house on the first plan, and wasn't sure if it would fit well on the second plan due to the flow of tracks.


The original one he had looked a bit small. If the grid is a 1' grid, then the original engine house was less than a foot long. If we're modeling UP/CSX, and we're using modern road switch power (GP40-2s, GP38-2s, etc), those engines are just slightly over 8". If my powers of estimation are worth their salt, it seems that you would barely be able to fit a single one of these engines per track, and they potentially wouldn't fit all the way in the engine house. by using the former shop tracks as engine house tracks, you can put a longer engine house more appropriate for a GP sized diesel.