Ideas for a future college layout

[Mike Kieran]

I know that they don't appear to be much when you first look at them, a little imagination makes you realize the potential for a fun little switching layout.

For an 18x96 inch layout, I offer these ISL choices:

with 18 inch radius curves



with 22 inch radius curves



All Track is Atlas Code 83. The layout folds in half (marked by the dotted line) to make 2 48x18 inch sections.

Track A would be your drill Track

Track B would where you put tour backdrop building.

Track E would be the interchange track.

For an interesting piece of scenery, I put a road where the rerailer sections are and I would put a roadway over the left end of the layout curve it to the right and slope it down to the track level or keep it at the same height as the roadway and have a dual level backdrop.

I designed them in case you want to use 50 foot boxcars and modern equipment. The drill track is 27 inches long which accommodates 1 engine and 2 cars, but since the first turnout that you encounter will be for the engine house, then you could hold the engine plus 3 cars since you aren't blocking anything for the engine house.

The interchange track in both plans takes 5 or 6 cars.

I prefer to use