04-24-2011, 06:58 AM
Wow, I just remembered a plan from a really old, probably 1950's, model train mag of, of all things,(pretty sure) a Reading commuter,island/donut, style layout. It may well still be in my stuff somewhere. I think it probably had a lot of elevation changes though. I'll do some digging. It'll be a good baseline, as I'm not very familiar with urban passenger ops.
The module idea is a good one, and 8'x9' is a decent chunk of space to work with. My current layout(s) are transportable modules , although I haven't devised any connection systems yet for expanding them.
Increasing your curve radii as much as possible is a good initial goal as well. Make life as easy as possible for those huge cars and their drives, as well as look a lot better.
Thanks for posting the overhead pic. I love seeing others' take on the classic 4x8. Really neat! The wheels are turnin here.
That pic with the conrail loco is so ironic. On the last rail trip I can remember from Philly back to Reading, the RDC's broke down and there was this big delay. I didn't realize until we got to Reading that they had added a geep like that one to get us home. May have even been an impromtu push/pull arrangement. Very cool.
The module idea is a good one, and 8'x9' is a decent chunk of space to work with. My current layout(s) are transportable modules , although I haven't devised any connection systems yet for expanding them.
Increasing your curve radii as much as possible is a good initial goal as well. Make life as easy as possible for those huge cars and their drives, as well as look a lot better.
Thanks for posting the overhead pic. I love seeing others' take on the classic 4x8. Really neat! The wheels are turnin here.
That pic with the conrail loco is so ironic. On the last rail trip I can remember from Philly back to Reading, the RDC's broke down and there was this big delay. I didn't realize until we got to Reading that they had added a geep like that one to get us home. May have even been an impromtu push/pull arrangement. Very cool.