09-29-2009, 06:08 PM
Simply looking at it by how many switches you have had and have now, there's not much difference. In the very first plan at the beginning of this thread, you had 37 switches of which 8 of those appeared to be a double crossover. The yard consisted of 7 tracks with a couple of runarounds.
This latest plan has 32 switches of which 12 of those appear to be double crossovers. However, this yard has 9 tracks, also with a couple of runarounds.
I have to wonder... what will be the primary function of the yard? Will you actually be making up/breaking down trains OR using it as a parking lot for staging?
I think the biggest breakthrough you've had on simplicity is forgetting about trying to build this as two levels and making it work all on one.
Let's see the rest of your thoughts and how the bottom half ties into the top half.
This latest plan has 32 switches of which 12 of those appear to be double crossovers. However, this yard has 9 tracks, also with a couple of runarounds.
I have to wonder... what will be the primary function of the yard? Will you actually be making up/breaking down trains OR using it as a parking lot for staging?
I think the biggest breakthrough you've had on simplicity is forgetting about trying to build this as two levels and making it work all on one.
Let's see the rest of your thoughts and how the bottom half ties into the top half.