Post pictures of your freight yards, please!

Small but it works for me.  The back train is on the mainline.  The yard is only 3 tracks with a short spur for the Big Hook. The yard tracks are approx. 15 feet long.

Thanks!! It looks great! Small is good for me, my layout will be on the smaller side -david

My humble yard.

 

 

I like it! Being simple isn't a bad thing! With the prices of the ross custom switches, my yard will probably be the boxes the cars come in!! LOL Thanks! -David 

"humble yards"..yes!...tied in with what looks like a continuous run oval...everything a small layout should have...

 

Howard...

Not freight but small layout Service Yard. Unfinished and dormant currently.

 

 

It's a little constipated at the moment...

 

Rusty

 

Four sidings with a makeup track. The two tracks to the right are my lower mainlines. Still working on the scenery.........................Paul

I have a 5 track yard down the side, with an around the corner entrance to a yard that Tees of the main line. view from the entrance and back of the yard.

Nice pictures everyone. What a charming layout Mark !
Mike

I am reworking my Eola Yard by taking out the previous two track Intermodal yard and making it into a four track small holding and classification yard.  I also needed a yard lead track to be able to switch in it without fouling my mainline.

 

Here are a number of pictures of the progress.  It's not done yet.  It will have four tracks, all be pull through, and have a short yard lead.  I also got rid of a troublesome curved switch that I had an the exit to the main on the right-hand side.

 

 

Art

I will try to posts a few pictures of my Proviso Yard later today.  It has six tracks, a long yard lead and is all pull through.  It is my main freight classification yard and holds complete trains ready for departure.  Great thread and one of my current favorite subjects.

 

Art

This is the North yard on the NLOE club layout. The first two tracks to the extreme left are the mainlines. Inside of them are staging tracks. On the right is the primary yard which has seven storage tracks plus a run around track. This yard is used for both freight and passenger trains since it also connects to the passenger station which is further to the right and not in the picture.

Great work! The whole thing looks great! I like that engine house a lot! Cant wait to see it finished! -David 

I really like this! Its simple but it looks really good! Thanks for the pictures! -David 

WOW!! This is very impressive along with the others! I really like the yard below the bridge a lot! It reminds me of when I was in Chicago and riding over bridges and seeing the huge yards! That aspect when definitely be incorporated onto my layout! Thanks for the great pictures! I can't wait to see more! -David 

That weathering job is superb! Thanks for the pictures it looks great! -David

Jim

The NJ High Railers layout is one of my favorite layouts! I haven't seen it in real life but the first time seeing in an OGR magazine it was love at first sight! I love aspect of this layout but my favorite is the diesel yard with the moving transfer table! Are you a member there? Thanks for the great pictures! -David

1000 PLUS PHOTOS ON THE LINK BELOW...........

 

 

Oh, man, that's awfully good looking! You have a way of making a whole scene look great, and yet, each individual element in it is attractive in its own right. Wow. Such skills!

FrankM.

WOW!! This looks amazing! The weathering is just enough but not too much! Thank you for posting this! -David

I have 12 yards on my layout, and 11 are double ended. Three are storage / staging. Two of those located below the main levels of the layout.

 

The large one has five tracks that are 120' long each. I store up to 5 trains on each track. There's no good way to see this in a single shot because of its size.

 

This is the small hidden yard. It has 7 tracks that hold one train each.

 

Sorry in advance for all the clutter in these next photos. Been working hard on a lot of stuff.

 

This is Pigs Eye.

 

Western Avenue

 

The three tracks on the right are another storage yard. This is a very old photo. This area was completed long ago. Eventually a bluff with a lift off top will cover this over.

 

Moving to the upper deck, which is really just one long string of yards, this is Midway Intermodal.

 

East Minneapolis

 

Shoreham

 

University Avenue

 

Northtown

 

Interstate

 

and finally the "A" Yard, still under construction.

 

 

I have plenty of rolling stock to populate all of these. I'm just holding back until more of the construction is done.

Old pic...

 The TMB2 had several yards, some large, some small. Here are a few pictures of what once was:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What?

 

Well it is..... it's where I work so its my freight yard

Well played sir!

 

2 words come to my mind when I saw these, HOLY CRAP! Lol this is huge and amazing I could not wait to see it finished! Thanks for the pictures! -David

Here are a few more pictures of my Proviso freight yard and Union Station passenger yard.

 

Art

You're welcome David. There are a lot more pictures where that came from. All you have to do to see them is click on the link in my signature below. That topic has been running for more than two and a half years.

My Main Yard and Inter-modal Yard, and where they are located.

(Click om pictures for better detail)

 

 

 

 

Alex

Alexander Müller

Thanks! This is really amazing! The passenger station looks like its real! Love the Ringling Brothers train too! Got some of the k-line cars already and can't wait to run them when I have my layout! -David

Your layout is impeccable! I found it on youtube around Christmas and watched all of your videos! The mountains painted on the walls really compliment everything! Thanks for sharing with me! -David

It does at that. 

How big are the requirements of a 4x8 layout in O gauge? 

I do plan a larger yard when I get to building in a 12x12 room in a year or two.

 

Everyone, these are great photos of very nice yards large and small!