03-28-2017, 06:45 AM
I hear you Larry. Some people aren't into the switchback thing. Personal preference overrules all in track plan design.
The switchback is designed so that I don't have to pull the car from E.D.Ibble Foods. It has enough length to allow the engine and whatever cars are serving the industries. The previous incarnation allowed for two cars and a locomotive. The newer version only needs room for one car and one locomotive. I expect that no train on this layout will be longer than a locomotive and 2 cars.
btw, that orange square in the middle of the track plan will be the railroad yard office. I'm thinking of a grounded caboose, but I don't want to appear cliche.
The switchback is designed so that I don't have to pull the car from E.D.Ibble Foods. It has enough length to allow the engine and whatever cars are serving the industries. The previous incarnation allowed for two cars and a locomotive. The newer version only needs room for one car and one locomotive. I expect that no train on this layout will be longer than a locomotive and 2 cars.
btw, that orange square in the middle of the track plan will be the railroad yard office. I'm thinking of a grounded caboose, but I don't want to appear cliche.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.