04-24-2011, 02:03 AM
Some minor suggestions/questions:
1) What is the track at far left, along the wall - open staging? Industry? Part of the yard?
2) Would it be possible to have the yard come off this track instead of off the main, and have the yard ladder slant towards the aisle instead of away from the aisle? Would give you a bigger yard, and would prevent that cars on the tracks closest to the aisle obscure the view of the clearance points on the yard track behind it.
3) Siding along aisle upper part of layout - might be an idea to swap the position of the LH and RH turnout, so that the lowermost track becomes the main and the uppermost the siding - will eliminate an S curve on the left side of the siding, and allow you to take the right side of the siding further towards the right, creating a longer siding.
But the bigger question is what you want to model. What look and feel you are looking for.
I notice that you have several spurs labeled "industry" - like you just have decided "I want something here, but don't know what yet".
You have two seemingly rather long passing sidings (one of which is hidden for part of it's length - possibly indicating mountain territory). And two shorter sidings (say about 1/3 the length of the room - about 6 feet ?) at the top of the layout.
You mentioned freight engines and 50-foot boxcars - what era are we talking about - 1970s/80s or so? Later? Earlier?
What type of place is this - agricultural town in Iowa? Baltimore harbor? Steel making in Pennsylvania? Small Appalachian coal mining town? Lumber processing town in Washington State? Light manufacturing in Southern California?
Is this a place which sees one or two trains a day, or a steady stream of trains throughout the day?
What kind of stuff does your railroad carry? Where does inbound stuff come from? Where does outbound stuff go to? Will things be coming from several directions and head out in several directions (i.e. needing cars to be routed in different directions), or will things pretty much arrive in your area from one place - maybe a bigger railroad or yard "down that way" ?
Smile,
Stein
1) What is the track at far left, along the wall - open staging? Industry? Part of the yard?
2) Would it be possible to have the yard come off this track instead of off the main, and have the yard ladder slant towards the aisle instead of away from the aisle? Would give you a bigger yard, and would prevent that cars on the tracks closest to the aisle obscure the view of the clearance points on the yard track behind it.
3) Siding along aisle upper part of layout - might be an idea to swap the position of the LH and RH turnout, so that the lowermost track becomes the main and the uppermost the siding - will eliminate an S curve on the left side of the siding, and allow you to take the right side of the siding further towards the right, creating a longer siding.
But the bigger question is what you want to model. What look and feel you are looking for.
I notice that you have several spurs labeled "industry" - like you just have decided "I want something here, but don't know what yet".
You have two seemingly rather long passing sidings (one of which is hidden for part of it's length - possibly indicating mountain territory). And two shorter sidings (say about 1/3 the length of the room - about 6 feet ?) at the top of the layout.
You mentioned freight engines and 50-foot boxcars - what era are we talking about - 1970s/80s or so? Later? Earlier?
What type of place is this - agricultural town in Iowa? Baltimore harbor? Steel making in Pennsylvania? Small Appalachian coal mining town? Lumber processing town in Washington State? Light manufacturing in Southern California?
Is this a place which sees one or two trains a day, or a steady stream of trains throughout the day?
What kind of stuff does your railroad carry? Where does inbound stuff come from? Where does outbound stuff go to? Will things be coming from several directions and head out in several directions (i.e. needing cars to be routed in different directions), or will things pretty much arrive in your area from one place - maybe a bigger railroad or yard "down that way" ?
Smile,
Stein