10-14-2010, 07:49 PM
After hanging out with you guys for the last 4 years, I have finally come up with a proposed track plan to submit to all you track planning gurus. As you may know, I'm a firm believer in the "stealing fair and square" concept, so this plan has done just that from Byron Henderson's website, it's my version of his Black Diamonds and Beer plan ... http://www.layoutvision.com/gallery/id40.html. I have tweeked it more to my needs taking into consideration space, equipment, etc. Concerns I have are reaching the corners and is this a good plan for operations and just watching them run...
This layout is for our spare bedroom, and the benchwork is in for 11'x11' , which needs a little expansion here and there for this layout.
The Texas & Carolina RR
Givens.....
N Scale
Era - 1960 - 1975
Industries - Centerpiece Industry - Classification yard, maintenance facility w/ engine house, RIP track, sand, fueling, etc
Furniture Factory - boxcars, flatcars bringing lumber, truck loading docks to ship furniture
Crayola Factory - Tankers for parafin
Industry B ???? maybe oil/gas facility, (it is Texas for crying out loud
), maybe a distillery?
Team Track/Freight Warehouse
Curved wooden trestle over river - (Thanks Gary)
Main St USA town
Obligatory tunnel somewhere, maybe even one going nowhere...
Operations....
1 man show
Digitrax DCC
Switchlist from drawn cards (see my old thread http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...=54&t=3154
Point-to-Point and continuous running
Plenty of room for scenery, I like building structures....
OK boys, it's your turn...I would appreciate all help finalizing this plan. I seem to have a real problem trying to design one. I have looked at a million plans, and this one seems to strike my fancy for point-to-point, continuous running, and scenery. I hope you can get a feel with this picture. I welcome all opinions and will try to answer any questions I have not already addressed. I'm tired of thinking, it's time to GET IT ON!
This layout is for our spare bedroom, and the benchwork is in for 11'x11' , which needs a little expansion here and there for this layout.
The Texas & Carolina RR
Givens.....
N Scale
Era - 1960 - 1975
Industries - Centerpiece Industry - Classification yard, maintenance facility w/ engine house, RIP track, sand, fueling, etc
Furniture Factory - boxcars, flatcars bringing lumber, truck loading docks to ship furniture
Crayola Factory - Tankers for parafin
Industry B ???? maybe oil/gas facility, (it is Texas for crying out loud
), maybe a distillery?Team Track/Freight Warehouse
Curved wooden trestle over river - (Thanks Gary)
Main St USA town
Obligatory tunnel somewhere, maybe even one going nowhere...
Operations....
1 man show
Digitrax DCC
Switchlist from drawn cards (see my old thread http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...=54&t=3154
Point-to-Point and continuous running
Plenty of room for scenery, I like building structures....
OK boys, it's your turn...I would appreciate all help finalizing this plan. I seem to have a real problem trying to design one. I have looked at a million plans, and this one seems to strike my fancy for point-to-point, continuous running, and scenery. I hope you can get a feel with this picture. I welcome all opinions and will try to answer any questions I have not already addressed. I'm tired of thinking, it's time to GET IT ON!