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    Who Needs a MRR Anymore, When:

    Point to point is almost always more "realistic". However, there's also a big, really big, problem with that. Unless you're Rod Stewart, you probably don't have a million bucks to spend and a basketball court sized room to put your layout in. So, let's consider modeling Amtrak. I like the...
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    Anyone recognize this HO chassis?

    No idea, other than clearly old. Are there motors in the trucks? Trying to figure out what the big center opening would have been for? One of those big open frame motors?
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    Double Slip Switches, Zurich Main Station

    A quick Google maps check of Frankfurt shows nearly identical track leading to the platforms, with an equally impressive number of double slip switches. They may even have more. They look so much alike that you'd have to count them at both places to see which has more. München is the same. The...
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    Double Slip Switches, Zurich Main Station

    LOL, right? I think the intent is the exact opposite. No matter what track you're heading to, you'll probably have a straight shot except for one switch where you'll turn.
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    Double Slip Switches, Zurich Main Station

    Yes, that's true. Older and denser cities along with much better train networks. But I haven't found anywhere with more of them than Zurich. Do you know of anywhere?
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    Double Slip Switches, Zurich Main Station

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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    I've found the motherlode! I mentioned double slip switches are common in large passenger train terminals. Well, they don't get much bigger than Zurich, Switzerland, and nobody builds railways better than the Swiss. Check out this view from Google Earth! There's an amazing amount of double...
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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    I thought of that. But to run around what? Two cars, maybe? Even if we ignore the costs, it's not very practical.
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    Double Slip Switches, Zurich Main Station

    We'd been discussing double slip switches in the layout design forum. I mentioned they're rather rare, except in one place, busy passenger stations. Well, I think I've found the place with the most double slip switches in the world. It will come as no surprise that it's in Switzerland, famed...
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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    Here's a timelapse of Toronto Union Station. You can see how many trains are exiting and entering at the same time. It's quite common. This is why very large passenger stations sometimes have double slip switches, yet freight lines very rarely have them. Freight trains run much less...
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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    Which one? The ones on the right do make sense, if you consider having multiple tracks available for multiple trains at once. That way you don't have, for example, an inbound train being held up by an outbound?
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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    Large passenger stations seemed to be very fond of them. Sometimes even to excess. Give me one good reason for the left side of this double slip switch. It allows the yellow path to exist. What possible use would that have? A single slip switch would be much cheaper.
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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    I've been trying to find a double slip switch in the Pacific NW, so far I've drawn a blank. King Street Station in Seattle has these two double crossover, which are pretty complicated, but I don't see any double slips. Anyone know of one that I've overlooked?
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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    Just beyond that, there are two crossovers, including one they call a "triple crossover" since it has 3 turnouts. A double slip switch might have worked here instead, but with the two crossover, you can have two trains moving at the same time, as long as they're not crossing over. So it...
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    Designing 10'x12' shelf layout -- comments appreciated!

    Not far from here is another diamond. It allows easy access to a large container yard. Since there are often multiple trains in the area, they added this to allow for more flexibility.
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