HO Scale Track plan I made for fun

[Davidellias]

I'm not actually planning on building this, but this is an HO scale layout based on the Knoxville and Holston River Railroad that runs through my hometown.

1. Knoxville Locomotive Works and Costin Yards
2. Sysco Systems
3. G&O Corporate cars
4. Buzzi Unicem
5. University of Tennessee Steam Plant (I think it may actually be serviced by CSX in real life)
6. Combination of Calhoun's and the 3 rivers rambler depot
7. Bridge over Holston River
8. Marathon Petroleum
9. Forks of the River Industrial Park
10. Henley Street Bridge (under Repair)



By the way anyone have any clue what size this would be?

 

[LoudMusic]

Looks like it could be a cool project, but I'm not sure it would build according to your drawing. It might be fun / worthwhile to draw it up in a track planning program to make sure everything fits. Otherwise it's just cloudy dreams

One good thing I like about it, it looks like you'd be able to continue around the walls if it ever got that far.

 

[cajon]

Would have the spur coming off siding on right end come off left end. There's not much of a lead to spot &/or pull alot of cars. Also should have a 2nd spur on top right so that you don't have to move cars on the left end to switch cars on the right end. Have attached a track chart from the Los Angeles Junction Ry's Upper Alley Lead so you can see how many car spots can be at an industry on one spur. The J does have a few spur w/ multiple industries but there are only one or 2 spots at each one.

 

[steinjr]

By the way anyone have any clue what size this would be?

On the left, the main sizing factor is the yard ladder. Straight ladder, 7 tracks total - shortest track long enough for two short 40' cars and an engine to straighten out at shortest track, using sharp radius turnouts (Peco small turnouts) - yard part would be about 2 feet wide and seven feet long:

On the right, you have three elements which would not work at all -

1) an extremely short lead track to get into the Forks of the river industrial park (to the right of the turnout leading into the industrial park). This needs to fork off from the other end (the left end of the runaround). Then you only need enough room to the right of the runaround for an engine to run around.

2) Two turnouts branching off at impossible angles towards the aisle inside the industrial park.

Smile,
Stein