yard design...

I understand that you may be tight on space, but a yard on a curve is a bad idea because cars don't like coupling on curves.  Less than half of my rolling stock will even line up on a curve, so this would making switching operations impossible.  If you are only using the yard to store pre made trains, you'll be okay.

 

As for helping design a yard for that space, we do need more details, like total size of the space for the yard, what kind of walkways needed, and the yard approach.

the total room

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Can you post an image of your yard/layout design? 

 

Jan

Jan,

here you go. The blocks are 5" increments in SCARM.

1drummer, you have enough space. here is an article by Rich, that may help guide your design. Think of being able to run your switcher and move cars around for an hour while someone is running on the main. I think you could definitely reduce the number of switches. Even if you want a pass through yard, you could reduce the switches. Which would you prefer, a pass through or a ladder?

 

not sure how you got 5" blocks...

the actual area of where the yard will be is 12'7" wide and 10' 1.5" deep

 

how come my link shows a bunch of words but moonman shows the picture..and i see how you go 5" blocks

I don't know what track system that you used, but I built this in RR-Track using Ross O54 curves and switches.

 

This design stays within the area of your original design.  I reduces the number of curve sections in each siding to one.  They are also longer and have increased storage.  I removed a pair of switches between the mainline and the yard.  I added a caboose track at the top and an engine storage track in the lower right.

 

Jan

1drummer,

 

Moonman's "picture" is actually a photo file with a jpg extension.  Most browsers will allow anyone to view the photo.  Your "switchyard a.scarm" file is actually a Scarm file that can only be properly opened in Scarm.  If you just click on it in your browser, you will not see the track diagram, but will see the "words" (some kind of programming language, I'm guessing) that you mention.  To properly view a Scarm file, you must right click on the attachment and "save link" to a computer that has Scarm installed.  Once saved to that computer, double click on the link/file, and Scarm will open it so the plan can be viewed.

 

Chuck

I should have said the "grid" is 5" increments. That's just how SCARM is written. RR-Track use a 12" grid. I wanted it to be clear for anyone not familiar with SCARM.

 

yes, I did select "show size and area" from the View  menu to depict the size for non-SCARM users.

I use the "snipping tool" in Windows to grab screen shots.

Which track system will you use? It looks like Atlas, but let us know. back to Talladega...

Mth is the track
And in my file some track does not align
I will use Gargraves for the miscellaneous pieces

Yes, the MTH library still needs work in SCARM. The mis-alignment may not be actual, but software generated. I'll make a try at a ladder yard with a yard lead and a run around.

The track misaligning is my forcing a fit...
Under and over the yard will be mainline trackage
The yard will feed into three holding tracks that should hold 20 cards each
The yard design is my only point of contention..seems I suffer from
A lack of conviction of sticking to my own design..
So to recap
MTH REAL TRAX
GARGRAVES SEMI FLEXIBLE TRACK