Thanks to all the guys who wrote so much kindly comments. I really appreciate it that so many real US modelrairoaders share this thread with me.
Can we get an updated track plan?
Here is it..........
NEW: Changing the period and connecting the West Coast with the Cental California Valley!!!
Unfortunaly I have no track planing programm so I had to draw the plan by my own hand...
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It's not perfect but it has it's special charm.......
I took a photograph of the trackplan,so I hope all markings are legible( I know,my handwriting...
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Some things have changed in contrast to the very first thread on
page 1:I've turned to another era and try to connect the West coast(Watsonville) with the Central Valley(Riverside).Further informations in the coming text sections.......
My layout is located at the attic(is this the exact word?) of our house.The room area of the attic is measuring 24 1/2 x 15 feet.That sounds much,however.... Not like in a basement room where all walls are straight,the roof oblique takes a lot of the area if you want to come up with your layout level.Furthermore I had to accomodate the backdrop,the valences where the lights are integrated and enough space in the aisles.
Please note :all drawings are not exactly in scale!!
To very first I want to show a sketch of the room without any tracks for better overview.To the present moment,the staging yard is a stub-ending yard. In the further layout progress I 'm planing that this yard will be connect with the narrow shelf in the lower drawing area that ends at the fireplace(?)/chimney(?),so I'll be able to accomodate here a second staging for better and more interesting operation.
For running trains more variable at the present building conditon,I installed a temporary loop for connecting the two tracks who are vanishing in the backdrop(look at the left side of the trackplan)
One of the most important changes is the turn from the mid 70's to the mid 90's era and locating the"Riverside" layout part to the Central Valley(supposed the area around Stockton) after I've watched the exellent DVD"SP's Central California Line"(Pentrex).So I can run rolling stock from several roads like BNSF,BN patched Santa Fe's,SP,UP and Rio Grande who were present at this time.
I made here my own "Central Valley" that has some specific things in common with the prototype,in some parts it's freelanced.Another important reasons for changing the era are for me the UP/SP and the BN/Santa Fe mergers im the mid 90's where some special paintshemes and patching shemes were made.I like patching and painting......
The updated trackplan......
There is a BNSF line coming from the staging ,crossing the SP line at Walnut junction.SP has here trackage rights,too.So the SP finds here connection to the San Francisco Bay Area via the interchance track.This SP line that's passing the Western Agriculrural and run the grade crossing should represent a branch line.There'll be some tracks at the planned second staging yard where the branch line trains can be operated.
It is therefore yet much planing neccessary for the second stagin and a optimal and satisfiying operation sheme.
But at the present it is fun for me to run my trains through Watsonville and Riverside....
Frank