SpaceMouse
Fun Lover
Remember just this morning I said I was done and ready to build. Well, a person commented that the layout was good with landscape and scenery, good with the yard and interchange, but lacking in industrial switching.
Well I couldn't make the changes he wanted in terms of staging, so I had to find a new source. And I did. And fixed something I hadn't quite allowed for.
Changes:
The obvious. The old staging area is
There was a pipe running through the layout. I thought the upper track missed it, but it didn't. I moved the upper track forward and ran the passing track to the back. The turnout that was in the hidden track came back into sight. There was some loss of real estate to the TC industries.
I had to move the brewery to the new switching area. It has several support structures.
Staging is now in the laundry area. This forces me to remodel that area ahead of schedule (but I think I'll start work on the visible side and run point to point). IT also gets the layout halfway around the room making it tempting to finish the whole basement in 1885. It will cover half my workbench, but I can still set-up my reloading equipment in front of the layout. There's also about 18" between the workbench and the loop. I'll be able to set-up the Zephyr, which means the programing and test tracks (with computer interface) can all occur on the bench.
Lots more staging.
Now for the help.
When it comes to industrial switching, I think like a box. If anyone has some creative ideas... I need the runaround obviously. And the brewery is pretty much 4 x 10" with at least one 3 x 3 support building, and really could use a corral for hoses for the delivery wagons, and a silo for grains (or whatever 1885 breweries used to store grain.
The other industries are up for grabs. They can be false fronts
The curve into the area must remain. The area is 15" wide and the top of the brewery can be 7' from the bottom of the drawing.
The small rectangle at the bottom provides access to the phone and light switches.
The switcher pocket at the top can go. The construction of new track is cute, but I can work it in somewhere else.
The new plan.
Well I couldn't make the changes he wanted in terms of staging, so I had to find a new source. And I did. And fixed something I hadn't quite allowed for.
Changes:
The obvious. The old staging area is
There was a pipe running through the layout. I thought the upper track missed it, but it didn't. I moved the upper track forward and ran the passing track to the back. The turnout that was in the hidden track came back into sight. There was some loss of real estate to the TC industries.
I had to move the brewery to the new switching area. It has several support structures.
Staging is now in the laundry area. This forces me to remodel that area ahead of schedule (but I think I'll start work on the visible side and run point to point). IT also gets the layout halfway around the room making it tempting to finish the whole basement in 1885. It will cover half my workbench, but I can still set-up my reloading equipment in front of the layout. There's also about 18" between the workbench and the loop. I'll be able to set-up the Zephyr, which means the programing and test tracks (with computer interface) can all occur on the bench.
Lots more staging.
Now for the help.
When it comes to industrial switching, I think like a box. If anyone has some creative ideas... I need the runaround obviously. And the brewery is pretty much 4 x 10" with at least one 3 x 3 support building, and really could use a corral for hoses for the delivery wagons, and a silo for grains (or whatever 1885 breweries used to store grain.
The other industries are up for grabs. They can be false fronts
The curve into the area must remain. The area is 15" wide and the top of the brewery can be 7' from the bottom of the drawing.
The small rectangle at the bottom provides access to the phone and light switches.
The switcher pocket at the top can go. The construction of new track is cute, but I can work it in somewhere else.
The new plan.