10-15-2010, 05:00 PM
Brakie Wrote:...Why not use a flat background building along the wall?...
The ROCO tracks are too ugly to be used on a scenic layout. The fixed track spacing of about 3' is also a severe problem with the limited space. Four tracks would also not match the LAJ situation in Vernon. It might be a LAJ yard (A.b or even C) but where would be the outside world feeding the yard?
I am quite happy because I lost two transfer trains in the staging yard but I won an entire new industrial area to be served by an additional LAJ job from the other side of the room. The UP and BNSF transfer trains are quite simple. They go to the inbound track, uncouple go to the outbound track, get the prepared cut and leave the yard. The two LAJ switching jobs are more complex. They sort the new arrived cars, serve their industry (job 1 = old part, job 2 = new part) by delivering new cars, collecting old cars and bring them back to the outbound track of the yard. That is a lot of switching work until the next transfer comes in.
Reinhard