Last call for comments on my trackplan.

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I know I’ve done this a few too many times, but I just gotta ask one last time.

First off, thanks to y’all for help with this plan. all comments have been appreciated.

I have 2 versions, the yard is the only thing different 'tween the 2. Also, on either plan, the yard is going to be several inches longer than shown.
The Kampton Branch will be extended to fit those industries better.
[img.nr]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/314/layout081968version2qo.png[/img.nr]

[img.nr]http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/4132/layout081968versiondeyard1eo.png[/img.nr]

I’m modeling CGW in 1968, somewhere in Iowa (Oelwein is a real location). I’m favoring the plan w/ 6 double-ended tracks since all of the tracks in the CGW Oelwein yard were double-ended.

Each square is 1’. Turnouts are Atlas snap-switchs, and the yard ladder turnouts get 1" cut off the straight end for a closer track spacing.

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I like them both.

Victor

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Looks good. The only thing I think you may not like long term is the short lead in area near the grain elevator for the stockyard siding. You’re only going to be able to get a couple of cars at best into the stock yard siding and out to the mainline due to how short the lead in area is. You might consider taking the stockyard siding off the mainline coming the other direction. You may like this better long term but it would eat into some of the open space area you have.

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Glacier Gravel, if this is the one from Walthers, http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3062, has the two tracks as you’ve indicated going into the loading bay but they are much closer together that you are showing in the plan - looks like the two tracks are about 5" to 6" apart in the plan. A friend of mine has this model and we laid the tracks for it just a few weeks ago - using standard HO cork roadbed, the two were almost butted up next to each other. There is also a 3rd location on the left side with two gravel chutes (note the black B&O cars in the Walthers picture), so you may want a 3rd track.

See http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=69174 for a picture of Glacier Gravel with the tracks in place.

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One last note, the yard lead you’ve indicated extending to the right of the A/D track is about 1/2 or 1/3 the size of a train that could occupy the A/D track. This means that you could only cut about half the cars from the arriving train at one time. To cut all of the cars on a fully occupied A/D track would mean you would have to enter the main line to pull them out.

Your yard is similar in design to mine http://home.austin.rr.com/tomsandy/Garage_upper.pdf. You could accompli***he same idea by moving the entire yard 1 square to the left and adding one more TO to the right hand side to give you a separate yard lead that you could extend down the right a little further towards Glacier Gravel.

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Tom thanks, I’ve mentioned that yard lead a few times. I had given up, but not been too worried because he could use the passing siding on the other side once he figured out the one he labeled was too short.

About the branch, I think you gave up too early in working out a solution. Try doubling the main first, then working out the wye rather than trying to adapt what you have.

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Jeff, the stockyard is small, and will only ship out 1-2 cars at most. And I doubt that will even be daily. Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll think about it.

Tom, thanks for pointing that out. I guess the tracks will be closer together and there will be a 3rd track.

Chip, I am going to extend the right lead, but I forget to mention it (again)[banghead]

Not quite sure what you mean there.

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Okay, that whole section where the wye is. Take out the wye–put in a track parallel to the main–attach the wye to the new track.

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Ok. Now I get it.