The New Train Room

Very nice space and layout to fill it. Given how I like to run trains and not do a lot of switching, I probably should have thought about a subway theme myself.

 

I don't want to hijack your thread, but I didn't see an email address in your profile. I really like the 3D render and would like to see how you did it? Any chance I could get the rrt file to take a look? If not, I'll understand.

ddetert <at> cox.net

THAT AREA LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN DO A LOT WITH IT. GOOD LUCK. THANKS FOR SHARING.

from the track plan, looks like in will be a lot of fun to operate.

Hi Joe. Looking good, keep us informed on the progress.

 

jim r

Real nice Joe cant wait to see it

Joe

Really Nice !!! Like the yard set up especially.

Hey Joe,

 

Looks good. Will you have accesss to the subway yard? Is that orange thing to rest on as your getting old?

Hi Brian ... To access the yard you will have to crawl under for now. Maybe I will design something that would allow a module to act like a lift bridge to enable easy access given the transformers will also have to be accessed that way. Any ideas?

 

The orange thing is the corner to my office furniture.  Although the house is bigger, the office is not.  So I moved that piece to the train room and cornered it.

I gotta give it some though. The problem is, that's the least amount of movement, so the dust will be the worst there.  You need a way to clean the track. The DCS is real spotty in the yards

DO NOT BUILD A LAYOUT THAT REQUIRES "CRAWLING" FOR ACCESS! PLEASE CONSIDER AN OPEN OR WALK-IN STYLE, YOU WILL BE VERY PLEASED AND ENJOY YOUR TRAINS MUCH MORE!

Yeah, I have to give my layout some serious though. Other than wiring, I don't want to do any crawling.

Looking at the photos, I guess I missed the fact that this is a multi-level layout with multiple tracks on each level. I just took a look at the 3D view in RR-Track and I see you also have subway stations where the obvious place for an entrance would be. Stating the obvious, that's going to make it difficult to design a lift-out platform. You might consider a mobile module, perhaps large enough to contain the entire subway station section. Your photo doesn't show them, but I assume there are also walls on the top and left?

You could make a half door with the track on top of the door so you can get to the center without ducking.  I've seen several others that have done that here on the forums.

HI ALL,

          I WILL SEND SOME PHOTOS OF MY FREELANCE "WALK-IN " STYLE LAYOUT. ITS APPROX. 18' X 13', PLUS A DOUBLE MAIN LINE THAT RUNS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE DOWNSTAIRS, 40' X 24'. SCENERY CAN EASILY BE REACHED AND MAINTANANCE IS RELATIVELY EASY. LET ME KNOW IF INTERESTED. GOODNIGHT

Thanks, but a perimeter subway would not work for my design.  I need the wide turns and straightaways for the stations. Plus there will be an elevated section.  But please show me your design as I can always get fresh ideas.

 

DoubleDAZ .. yes there are walls at the top and left.  The station is 8 feet long and modular, but too big to move.

Thanks for sharing.....nice area for the layout.