Believe it or not, we’ve actually come up with a little over 20 different designs since then and thrown them all out due to various reasons. We’ve finally settled on a design (and a lot of comprimises) however I still really want to stuff a wye into this layout. Any ideas of where/how to hide one in here? The bench work on the picture isn’t laid in yet, but there should be ample room for walkways etc.
Instead of a wye, you could extend one of the sidings on your penninsula through the view block and join the main on the other side. You’d need to make it a reversing section but that should be doable with a little thought. J.R.
An extra track (running right to left) connecting the main line near the structures shown in black to the main line above the structures shown in orange would create a reversing loop that would allow entire trains to be reversed quite easily.
Thanks all for the replies. Essentially it boils down to my father wanting a wye. He’d like to turn engines without putting a round house in, and wants to run passenger trains with observation cars etc.
I think the one post with the red drawing is the only logical place to put it. I know I didn’t show it on the rough plan, but the main passenger terminal is on the right with the smaller passenger terminal being just NW of the paper mill area.
The following link should show you my take on what you have done. You would need to modify the “west sidings” to accomodate a suitable radius. This would also enable you to turn trains from both directions,
If it you witht he British wife? Or is that someone else? Ask her about wye aye man. Or perhaps the proper regional pronunciation of “wye eye mon” would help.
