Last weekend I came across the opportunity to purchase an O scale Carolina Craftsman Kits built model of the Thomas, West Virginia two stall engine house. It was offered by a modeler who is changing scales on a Facebook Western Maryland modelers group. I thought it would go great with my Thomas Station kit by the same CCK. After some discussion and some measuring to see if it would fit, we came to an agreement. It arrived Thursday. It is 20 1/2" x 12" just a shade shorter than my Premier H9 Consolidations. The seller took the doors off for transport and a couple of rafters came loose from the near side wall, but a little glue will fix that right up.
It dawned on me after I placed it on the layout that I may be able to squeeze a wye into one of the stalls. I set some track on the curve where the USRA 0-8-0 is sitting, and it seemed like it would work. By using the existing switch in the foreground, and placing my extra 054/072 curved switch near the wall, I was able to fit in my extra #4 switch to go to the other stall. The stalls are 6" apart. I opened my latest SCARM file, but found I could not make any changes because it had forgotten my license. After logging in, updating the license, and restarting the pc as per instructions I thought I was good to go. It still wouldn't let me log in. Also, the link to support wouldn't work. I decided to just build that curve as a new drawing and was able to get it all to fit. I used the 0" point at the bottom of the drawing as the straight leg of the existing switch, which is 48" from the wall. It all fits in 46". Amazing!!! All I need to buy is an 042 Wye switch.
I'm pretty excited about this new possibility!!