Hey guys. I am having a bit of an issue here. I’m trying to determine how to get benchwork and a layout to fit and work in my room. What I have is a 9’10" x 10’10" room to work with. It has a set of inward opening double french doors in the bottom right corner.
I’m in Horribly Oversized, running pre Norfolk & Western and Southern merger. Due to issues, I’m trying to make this one modular (since my current stuff is going to only come out of the room in little bitty pieces) so when the day comes to move it, it can come out (no date set, but the CFO keeps looking at new houses).
I’m looking at trying to do three things and tie them together.
Coal Mine
City/town with some good switching
Yard for junction with another railroad
I’ve got some ideas for the benchwork but I can’t seem to make anything work the way I want it to. Here is one idea:
Here is the other:
From the bottom left, where the french doors are, I can only work with 6’ on the left side and 7’ on the right side. I have a duckunder at the door right now that I’m not too crazy about, but if it is the only way to work this, then so be it.
Am I trying to cram too much into this design? I’m trying to keep some operational value in this. Anyone have any ideas?
hey my friend I have been messing around with your layout for a bit. I now have a much better idea of what I can do with your layout. Give me a bit and ill post my idea up.
I see 2 feet all the way around the available walls. From the top wall, a 2-foot wide peninsula extending out as far as you’re comfortable with. Between the two extreme ends, a lift-off single-rail bridge between the corners, running diagonally. The peninsula holds the yard, with a wye entrance from either direction. The lift-off bridge gives you some continuous running capability, and if you double-track your main the rest of the way around, some operational interest as well.
2 ft around the walls is about the only way I see it as well. Looking at the pic, you mean to run a section for the yard from the 12 o clock position towards the 6 o clock position? I hadn’t thought of that.
A-yuh, that’ the way I saw it. An additional possibility, if you end up liking the lift-off bridge, would be a second bridge from the end of the peninsula, allowing traffic to run through the yard instead of just dead-ending there.
At the Treasure Coast club in Fort Pierce, Florida, they have a large peninsula with a yard. It ends with a ferry terminal, which I thought was an extremely neat modelling idea.
