Recent content by gerhard_k

Hello, ___ - How about bringing your yard and engine service forward out of the corner, and running your mainline behind it? That would give you better access to all your turnouts and yard tracks, and give you a slightly longer mainline run to boot. You could angle the lift-up/bridge to...

Hello - You may want to check the grade going down to your storage (staging) yard on the left side - it looks like about 20 feet of track to get there, at 2% you would only get 20'*0.02 = 0.40' = 4.8" of drop, remember the roadbed thickness. Otoh, if you make the mainline go up while the...