Hey all,
Last chance to comment on the layout. Benchwork is under way and it will very shortly be too late to change...
A few notations:
1) room is approx. 20x30 (irregular)
2) era is late 1940's, steam-to-early-diesel transition
3) focus is on passenger operations at a notable size union station, but freight operations are also to be supported (just not the primary focus). This includes logging/mining on a branch line
4) Living in a small town with limited other MRR'ers, I operate alone frequently. continuous-running is a given, as my normal operation is to set several trains in continuous motion on the mainline, then do my switching and other operations around them.
5) All tracks are on the same deck. The logging/mining branch is shown separately for clarity.
Track Plan is color-coded:
Blue = mainline
red = yards
brown = sidings
pink = hidden by scenery/staging
green (shown on separate image) = logging/mining
green lines are the edges of the benchwork, red lines are full-height walls. Any time you see track crossing a red line it is going through a wall into a hidden area.
Thanks so much!
Main tracks: http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/kristianj/LAYOUT12.jpg
Logging/Mining: http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/kristianj/LAYOUT12a.jpg
PS - If anyone is interested (and please say so), I'll post pics of construction periodically.
Last chance to comment on the layout. Benchwork is under way and it will very shortly be too late to change...
A few notations:
1) room is approx. 20x30 (irregular)
2) era is late 1940's, steam-to-early-diesel transition
3) focus is on passenger operations at a notable size union station, but freight operations are also to be supported (just not the primary focus). This includes logging/mining on a branch line
4) Living in a small town with limited other MRR'ers, I operate alone frequently. continuous-running is a given, as my normal operation is to set several trains in continuous motion on the mainline, then do my switching and other operations around them.
5) All tracks are on the same deck. The logging/mining branch is shown separately for clarity.
Track Plan is color-coded:
Blue = mainline
red = yards
brown = sidings
pink = hidden by scenery/staging
green (shown on separate image) = logging/mining
green lines are the edges of the benchwork, red lines are full-height walls. Any time you see track crossing a red line it is going through a wall into a hidden area.
Thanks so much!
Main tracks: http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/kristianj/LAYOUT12.jpg
Logging/Mining: http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/kristianj/LAYOUT12a.jpg
PS - If anyone is interested (and please say so), I'll post pics of construction periodically.