05-03-2010, 09:14 PM
Steve & Gary - thanks for posting! I didn't mean to imply that folks weren't interested or that The Gauge isn't a friendly place, but after I went back and reread the post I could see how it might seem that way. :oops: I was just a little concerned that perhaps folks may have missed the bulk of the plan on pg. 6.
Anyway, Gary - that's what I'm thinking. I knew Watson wasn't big enough (nor was staging) to be able to run a time freight straight through from Staging to Watson, then run a peddler/local from Watson to Andrews & return. That'd be nice, but it should be plenty interesting to run it as planned.
Anything destined for the facing point siding in Andrews will have to travel to Watson first before being switched on the return trip. Likewise, anything shipped from Andrews to staging (like the ore loads from the mine will be) will have to travel to Watson first. If that mine were large enough I could run a caboose hop or mine run out of Watson to do that work, but then that engine would have to live at Watson...a shay or climax, perhaps, given the size of the facilities. We'll see. I could add a second track there if I pushed the mountainside back toward the line to Pinto in the tunnel....hmmm....
Steve - I've no expectations of brilliant layout-planning insights, but you never know! When you've got your face in a plan for so long you can lose sight of some dumb mistakes that anyone else can spot. (That's another reason I bumped the thread). OH, and your wild grass clinic is pretty cool too. It's not just dirt that's interesting.
Thanks, guys!
Galen
Anyway, Gary - that's what I'm thinking. I knew Watson wasn't big enough (nor was staging) to be able to run a time freight straight through from Staging to Watson, then run a peddler/local from Watson to Andrews & return. That'd be nice, but it should be plenty interesting to run it as planned.
Anything destined for the facing point siding in Andrews will have to travel to Watson first before being switched on the return trip. Likewise, anything shipped from Andrews to staging (like the ore loads from the mine will be) will have to travel to Watson first. If that mine were large enough I could run a caboose hop or mine run out of Watson to do that work, but then that engine would have to live at Watson...a shay or climax, perhaps, given the size of the facilities. We'll see. I could add a second track there if I pushed the mountainside back toward the line to Pinto in the tunnel....hmmm....
Steve - I've no expectations of brilliant layout-planning insights, but you never know! When you've got your face in a plan for so long you can lose sight of some dumb mistakes that anyone else can spot. (That's another reason I bumped the thread). OH, and your wild grass clinic is pretty cool too. It's not just dirt that's interesting.
Thanks, guys!
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!