10-12-2010, 01:43 PM
Thanks guys!
I can't really take all the credit for my plan, since it's closely based on Jack Hill's (the one in the blog I linked to). My first plan was almost the same except trains entered from removeable staging at the lower left, the ICI spur was facing the opposite way, and there was no interchange. I wasn't quite happy with it, especially the fact that cars for ICI would have to be staged behind the locomotive and that the layout would not be self contained (something that is important since I don't know how much room I'll have if we move), so after seeing his plan I decided to rearrange things slightly to come up with the plan I have now.
@steinjr- I tested that lead in XtrkCad and it can hold two cars and a loco with room to spare. There will normally only be one car there instead of two, but if there is two I'll have to make two trips. This won't be very often so I probably won't have a problem, but if I do I can add a short tail track.
@TinGoat- Wow, that is freaky!
Since this layout is freelanced, I'm only using that area as a guide for the kind of atmosphere I want to create, so it won't make much of a difference which railway I interchange with (I may switch it up now and then too).
Also, I'm starting to lay track as we speak, but it's going to take a while since it's caked in caulking from my last layout and I have to remove it be scraping it all off
. I'm just gonna use white glue this time, since the track will be replaced by handlaid code 40 (hopefully by Christmas). When I add the code 40, I may also add streetcar tracks in Lansdowne Avenue for added interest.
I can't really take all the credit for my plan, since it's closely based on Jack Hill's (the one in the blog I linked to). My first plan was almost the same except trains entered from removeable staging at the lower left, the ICI spur was facing the opposite way, and there was no interchange. I wasn't quite happy with it, especially the fact that cars for ICI would have to be staged behind the locomotive and that the layout would not be self contained (something that is important since I don't know how much room I'll have if we move), so after seeing his plan I decided to rearrange things slightly to come up with the plan I have now.
@steinjr- I tested that lead in XtrkCad and it can hold two cars and a loco with room to spare. There will normally only be one car there instead of two, but if there is two I'll have to make two trips. This won't be very often so I probably won't have a problem, but if I do I can add a short tail track.
@TinGoat- Wow, that is freaky!
Since this layout is freelanced, I'm only using that area as a guide for the kind of atmosphere I want to create, so it won't make much of a difference which railway I interchange with (I may switch it up now and then too).
Also, I'm starting to lay track as we speak, but it's going to take a while since it's caked in caulking from my last layout and I have to remove it be scraping it all off
. I'm just gonna use white glue this time, since the track will be replaced by handlaid code 40 (hopefully by Christmas). When I add the code 40, I may also add streetcar tracks in Lansdowne Avenue for added interest.