irocinblue89
Member
Hello,
I want to explain my enthusiasm first. My son who moved away with his mother is moving back home! We started a layout and was really getting into it when we got the bad news. I tore it down because it was just to big for me. That's the other good news. We get to make something better than what we had.
Before I go any further I would like to thank fellow member MYOWNGOD for allowing me access to his hard work. I am grateful. He redesigned a layout by John Armstrong and drew it with XTrackCAD. He graciously allowed me to use that and I modified it to fit my space. He did the hard work though.
I am really excited about the new design. It uses the available space and has multiple layers along with switching and just orbiting if wanted. I would like you guys to give me any input on things I may be missing or things that would be better "this way". Any and all constructive criticism is welcome. I tried to get all of the mainline 28" or larger radius. I am having a hard time getting the grade to 2% or less. I need to work on that. The blue track is the mainline, the pink and orange are staging, the purple is siding/yard, and the green is the branch line. How does the yard look? Industry, switching, and general track plan?
Again, I cannot convey how excited I am for my son to come home. His excitement to build another layout has got me tweaked.
I want to explain my enthusiasm first. My son who moved away with his mother is moving back home! We started a layout and was really getting into it when we got the bad news. I tore it down because it was just to big for me. That's the other good news. We get to make something better than what we had.
Before I go any further I would like to thank fellow member MYOWNGOD for allowing me access to his hard work. I am grateful. He redesigned a layout by John Armstrong and drew it with XTrackCAD. He graciously allowed me to use that and I modified it to fit my space. He did the hard work though.
I am really excited about the new design. It uses the available space and has multiple layers along with switching and just orbiting if wanted. I would like you guys to give me any input on things I may be missing or things that would be better "this way". Any and all constructive criticism is welcome. I tried to get all of the mainline 28" or larger radius. I am having a hard time getting the grade to 2% or less. I need to work on that. The blue track is the mainline, the pink and orange are staging, the purple is siding/yard, and the green is the branch line. How does the yard look? Industry, switching, and general track plan?
Again, I cannot convey how excited I am for my son to come home. His excitement to build another layout has got me tweaked.
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