I am working on designing a layout that will be able to be hoisted to the ceiling in my garage. I need one dimension to be 8' so that the suspension system will be on the outside of the door tracks. I have about 11 feet of depth to work with but a vent takes up about 2 feet on one end with about a 9" drop. This would limit scenery height or mean I couldn't pull it up as close to the ceiling there.
Here are my current ideas:
Great Northern and Burlington Northern Cascades through to Glacier National Park but with a link to the Iron Ore region of Minnesota. Want to roughly model Appleyard freight yard in Wenatchee, WA. Possibly add some docks around the Seattle area with another yard (Interbay) and passenger station. This is where the huge grain silos are that load the ships in Puget Sound.
Industries
Grain
Iron Ore
Passenger Service
Coal to power station
Structures
Roundhouse
Engine House
Power House
Grain Elevator
Iron Mine
Foundry
Passenger Station
Mainline
24” min radius
#6 and #8 switches
2” separation straight
2.25” on curves
3% maximum grade
Yard and Industrial
20” min radius
At least 1 yard with 5-6 tracks
Locomotive service facility with 90’ turntable
Min of one Passing track 6’ long
Tunnel
Bridge
Trestle
River
I have a plan I have been working on that is a modified Atlas trackplan of the folded dogbone. This plan would incorporate most of what I want but I am still deciding on if I should go with a sectional approach instead (2' and 4' wide sections). I plan to live in this house for at least 10 more years but someday hope to have an attic space to devote to trains. I am less concerned with ultra realistic operation than I am with scenery possibilities and continuous running. I really want to be able to run my Walthers Empire Builder cars and need 24" min radius for that.
I had also thought about doing just a large yard for now. I have lots of rolling stock and locomotives already (about 70 cars and 15 locomotives) so a yard would allow me to play with some of that.
I will post my dogbone trackplan tommorow.
Here are my current ideas:
Great Northern and Burlington Northern Cascades through to Glacier National Park but with a link to the Iron Ore region of Minnesota. Want to roughly model Appleyard freight yard in Wenatchee, WA. Possibly add some docks around the Seattle area with another yard (Interbay) and passenger station. This is where the huge grain silos are that load the ships in Puget Sound.
Industries
Grain
Iron Ore
Passenger Service
Coal to power station
Structures
Roundhouse
Engine House
Power House
Grain Elevator
Iron Mine
Foundry
Passenger Station
Mainline
24” min radius
#6 and #8 switches
2” separation straight
2.25” on curves
3% maximum grade
Yard and Industrial
20” min radius
At least 1 yard with 5-6 tracks
Locomotive service facility with 90’ turntable
Min of one Passing track 6’ long
Tunnel
Bridge
Trestle
River
I have a plan I have been working on that is a modified Atlas trackplan of the folded dogbone. This plan would incorporate most of what I want but I am still deciding on if I should go with a sectional approach instead (2' and 4' wide sections). I plan to live in this house for at least 10 more years but someday hope to have an attic space to devote to trains. I am less concerned with ultra realistic operation than I am with scenery possibilities and continuous running. I really want to be able to run my Walthers Empire Builder cars and need 24" min radius for that.
I had also thought about doing just a large yard for now. I have lots of rolling stock and locomotives already (about 70 cars and 15 locomotives) so a yard would allow me to play with some of that.
I will post my dogbone trackplan tommorow.